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Re:Google de-emphasizes 'Don't Be Evil' motto in its code of... by cma on Saturday May 19, 2018 @12:08AM (#17106611)
It is a drop in entropy encoder replacing Huffman. Just because the patent is covering dropping it into AV1 doesn't make it ok. It just restricts the scope of the absurdity.
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Re:Google de-emphasizes 'Don't Be Evil' motto in its code of... by lern_too_spel on Saturday May 19, 2018 @06:32PM (#17110076)
The founder of Xiph says this is the norm for codec patents. I am inclined to believe him.
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