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MPEG-LA also explicitly used to (I do not know current state) consider open source "some assembly required" releases to be non-infringing. It was product incor
by p_l 2y ago
MPEG-LA also explicitly used to (I do not know current state) consider open source "some assembly required" releases to be non-infringing.
It was product incorporating the patented tech, i.e. ready to use binaries, that required licensing.
Cisco paid the licensing fees to enable easily downloadable h.264 codec for certain projects, but you could legally build it from source yourself.
IIRC h.265 had similar licensing
- ksec 2y agoExactly. Cisco is paying for the binary provided. Not the source code. There are plenty of patented and open source. Every H.264, H.265, H.266 Encoder and Decoder in existence and used. There are also plenty of open source 4G and 5G software implementation. I sometimes wonder if I should just give up the fight for patent misinformation. On HN it is very binary, either good or bad. And all patents and Ads are evil.