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Re:Why BPG will replace GIFs and more by jason_s on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:23AM (#10978395)
FLIF is encumbered by GPL, so it is unlikely to make its way into digital cameras.
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Re:Why BPG will replace GIFs and more by jonsneyers on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:30AM (#10978936)
1) How does a GPL'ed reference implementation prevent digital cameras from using the format?

2) The reference implementation will most likely change to a more permissive license, cf https://github.com/FLIF-hub/FLIF/issues/192

3) If digital cameras would use FLIF, they would probably need to implement a simplified encoder in hardware, e.g. one that uses a hardcoded (set of) MANIAC tree(s) and only uses a subset of the available encoding options. Otherwise it will be too slow.

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Re:Why BPG will replace GIFs and more by jaredcheeda on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:46AM (#10978461)
The first official version of FLIF has not been released yet, and currently they are discussing releasing it under Apache 2 or MPL (Mozilla Public License).
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