Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2
by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:05PM
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a) they only offered that later on
b) they offer it so that people who don't like the GPL have an option, which is a fairly standard thing for projects that aren't worried about patents to do, not because the GPL is incompatible with x264
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Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2
by 0x09 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:51PM
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I didn't mean to imply it was the only reason for pursuing a dual-licensing model, but when I spoke to DS about it many years ago (before x264licensing existed) he recognized that it was a potentially serious problem.
Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2
by gillianseed on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:03PM
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He certainly recognized that patents is a potential problem, x264 is a implementation of patented technology, however that problem is not tied to the licence no matter what jwr is trying to spin.
And patents had nothing to do with them offering a dual-licence model, it was in order to be able to make money from their work when companies wanted to use x264 in a proprietary fashion (GPL is not compatible with proprietary), and from what I understand they have been doing great business this way.