wait, did the grandparent originally say something about MP3? h264's last patent will expire in november 2027 (or september 2028, but I think there's some tech

wait, did the grandparent originally say something about MP3? h264's last patent will expire in november 2027 (or september 2028, but I think there's some technicality that makes that one not count) according to http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/MPEG_patent_lists#H.264_patents http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/MPEG_patent_lists#H.264_pat... That's a really long time from now.