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Re:HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format by vim_wannabe on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:19PM (#14491419)
Maybe WebP has some scary patent grant a la Facebook React that made Apple conclude paying MPEG licenses is cheaper than a potential Google suit.
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Re:HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format by lorenzhs on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:25PM (#14491528)
I don't think so, the WebM/WebP patent grant seems to only revoke the licence to use these patents when you claim that Google or someone else is infringing upon your patents by using WebM/WebP: https://www.webmproject.org/license/additional/ (IANAL)

> "If you [...] order or agree to the institution of patent litigation [...] against any entity [...] alleging that any of these implementations of WebM or any code incorporated within any of these implementations of WebM constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, [...] then any patent rights granted to you under this License for these implementations of WebM shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed."

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