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A possible reason might be some patents owned by Microsoft: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/
by jillesvangurp 3y ago
A possible reason might be some patents owned by Microsoft: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/
That's also a good reason for others to drop support until licensing of these patents is clarified.
- bob1029 3y agoThis is also why the original jpeg was forced to use a less-than-ideal encoding scheme (Huffman vs arithmetic). Most libraries have flags that enable the alternative mode. Maybe we should stop issuing patents for math problems?
- pilif 3y ago> That's also a good reason for others to drop support until licensing of these patents is clarified. If that were true, then browsers should drop support for VP8, VP9 and indeed AV1 because the MPEG-LA is claiming ownership of patents covering those codecs.
- jillesvangurp 3y agoThe rollout of that stuff took some time precisely for this reason.
- jonsneyers 3y agoThose Microsoft patents are not relevant for JPEG XL. Their licensing is therefore also not relevant for JPEG XL.