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gbear605
on May 21, 2020
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Students are failing AP tests because the College ...
But that isn’t true about HEIC. There isn’t a license fee.
pornel
on May 21, 2020
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HEIC is based on H.265, so there is a whole separate organization dedicated licensing and litigating its patents.
gbear605
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No? It’s an ISO standard that’s separate from H.265. Maybe you’re thinking of HEVC, which is like that. (Alternatively I’m wrong, which is totally possible)
nshepperd
on May 21, 2020
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HEIC is defined as HEVC in a HEIF container. So yes, it's patent encumbered.
Edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...
gbear605
on May 22, 2020
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I learned something today, thanks :)
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