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Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2 by liuliu on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:54PM (#7145910)
Exactly, H264 supposes to be a patent pool that as long as you pay the royalty and get a license, you are free of other patent trolling. Mess these two up can significantly hinder the positive side of patent pooling.

Would you use a implementation has unknown software patent license issues or would you use a implementation that has known software patent pool to protect you from patent bully?

I am not saying this is the best solution (you still pay royalty fees for some software patent), but the general idea of having a patent pool to protect you from unknown patent trolling is a positive thing.

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Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2 by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:16PM (#7146485)
Unfortunately, none of that is true.

MPEG-LA doesn't give you a licence to all known H.264 patents.

The only way they protect you from trolls is if the troll is happy to take a cut of their existing take, which if you had a solid patent with no FRAND obligation, would probably be silly.

They will troll the people offering you alternatives though.

Patent pools are an inefficient government solution to a government created problem. They looked like they might actually fix this, but the amount of rent the government lets these corporations collect as a tax on digital communication means they have the lobbying power to keep it rolling.

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