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Re:First release of dav1d, the AV1 decoder by ksec on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @04:37AM (#18662551)
>AV1 in contrast is supposed to be free of patents

It is not, it never was, and never will be. It is only Royalty Free.

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Re:First release of dav1d, the AV1 decoder by skygazer on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:26AM (#18663302)
"free of patents" is like atomic hydrogen; a very short lived state in practice.
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Re:First release of dav1d, the AV1 decoder by phonon on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @01:31PM (#18666414)
Ummm...kinda the opposite? The terminal value is always "patent free" :-)
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