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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by rowanG077 on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:06AM (#44824001)
Software patents aren't an issue in most of the world. Codecs however are used all over the world. No one is going to use a codec that is illegal to use in the US and EU.
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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by astrange on Thursday August 07, 2025 @10:44AM (#44825148)
EU would be one of the places that doesn't have software patents, which is why VLC is based there.
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Re:"I closed MPEG on 2 Jun '20 when I left because obscure f... by rowanG077 on Thursday August 07, 2025 @10:52AM (#44825265)
It's not that simple. Software patents exists in the EU, the requirements are much more strict though. For example Netflix was ordered to cease their use of H265 in germany: https://www.nexttv.com/news/achtung-baby-netflix-loses-paten...
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