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On 17/08/2012 14:38, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
As h264 had real patent pressures, and thus is hard to implement with all software freedom retained: What is the status of HEVC, that is supposed to become h265 regarding patents and openness?
Judging by what they say on the website itself: (http://www.mpegla.com/main/pid/hevc/default.aspx)
"In order to participate in the initial facilitation effort for the creation of a joint HEVC License, MPEG LA invites any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the HEVC Draft 7 standard (or subsequent revisions that may issue) to submit an initial patent by September 7, 2012..."
It seems to me that there is a risk that HEVC could be patent-encumbered. It's still early days yet, as far as I can see.
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