+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted May 15, 2017 MVC Share Posted May 15, 2017 (edited) http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2_H_264/ I see this as a good thing, no more royalties have to be paid. This should remove the grey area when open source software / media players have the codex bundled in them. Edit - I'm not against royalties, I do be believe patents need to exist to provide a ** limited ** time to give creator's reward for their invention. This prevent them from stop innovating, or dragging their feet, and if they don't their invention becomes public, so other can use it and innovate off of it. Edited May 15, 2017 by Eternal Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Good for Linux Distros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Does that mean MS can get back to bundling DVD playback with Windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I guess that would depend on the last contract they signed, with the effort invested into the current UWP app I doubt anyone could be bothered to hit the button to switch it from £12 to free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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