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You could write a complete from-scratch decoder, and be sued if you distribute it. This is the case with MPEG-2 formats used in DVD Video, and the reason that
by Thoreandan 5y ago
You could write a complete from-scratch decoder, and be sued if you distribute it.
This is the case with MPEG-2 formats used in DVD Video, and the reason that the VLC Media Player exists as a French student research project distributed as source code instead of a normal library.
Related: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html
- PoignardAzur 5y agoI'm... not sure what you mean about VLC? It started out as a student project, but now VideoLabs is a for-profit company, and there is a libVLC.
- duskwuff 5y agoThis was the case for MPEG-2. The last patents in the pool expired in 2018.