• Paragone@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I believe the error was in the AV1 license NOT having a “if you enforce patent-license-fees on this codec, THEN you can’t use this codec” type of coercion…

    ( I may have got the logic wrong, but there’s some kind of license that works that way, which other open codecs have used, apparently )

    Just ignoring that predators exist … provides NO protection from them.

    You have to make your license-agreement break abusers, … or you’re just helping them.

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