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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by tantalor on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:24PM (#23264598)
Here's a LGPL decoder: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif
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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by pornel on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:02PM (#23265284)
Patents are separate from copyright, so even an independently developed freely licensed open-source software is illegal to use without a patent license from patent owners.

https://www.hevcadvance.com/pdfnew/LicensorList.pdf

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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by Gaelan on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:31PM (#23264736)
Assuming GP is right about the patents, the College Board would open themselves up to patent suits by using that without a license.
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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by mlyle on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:06PM (#23268014)
Maybe they should just pay the $5 fee...
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