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Have the patents for H.264 MPEG-4 AVC expired yet?
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this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
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What are the consequences of this particular patent expiring ?
Someone will most likely patent hack it in order to reclaim it, then try to patent troll about it... Because corporate people are jerks.
Has this happened with other codecs?
Parents for MP3 expired in 2017
The poor kid