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		jokoon on Aug 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Request: Re-open JPEG XL issue avif still has patents I think?

pornel on Aug 7, 2023 [–]

AV1 is licensed royalty-free with an alliance of all big tech behind it. AVIF has been shipped by Apple and Google.

There's always going to be FUD around software patents, because the system is broken, but AVIF is as good as possible in the pathological system.

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