▲ 85 ▼ A 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linux (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 2 days ago* by inari@piefed.zip to c/linux@lemmy.world 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 child) for some reason I was certain xvid was done ages ago and was hoping this is h264 oh well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 2 days ago that's divx. xvid is h263, or mpeg-4 part 2. it's all a bit muddled but xvid was started by divx as an open platform, it's gplv2 but it uses a bunch of patented code. like everything in the video world, it's needlessly convoluted and bogged down by red tape. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 2 days ago that's divx. xvid is h263, or mpeg-4 part 2. it's all a bit muddled but xvid was started by divx as an open platform, it's gplv2 but it uses a bunch of patented code. like everything in the video world, it's needlessly convoluted and bogged down by red tape. permalink fedilink source parent