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Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet? (meta.wikimedia.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22949658

If I'm interpreting this correctly, many MP4 patents are going to expire next year. ๐ŸŽ‰

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, e.g. the package x264 from videolan.org is free software (FOSS) with GPL2+ licence.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It is also illegal in most places beside France

Not enforced so you should use it but it is technically illegal. Same thing with Linux distros shipping anything under patent.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think you're mixing the libdvdcss library for playing protected DVDs or referring to some other non-free, patented codec with the x264 package implementation of the H.264 codec, which the patent holders allowed to be used freely for non-commercial use.