Comment Comment by userbinator as far as I can tell, this also means any patents on it are about to run outNot for H.264; looks like the last patent expires in 2028:https://scratchpad.fandom.com/wiki/MPEG_patent_lists#H.264_p...On the other hand, the last patent on MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid/DivX/etc.) which preceded H.264 apparently just expired earlier this month:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_MPEG-4_......and IANAL but that means the patents for H.263 and everything older should've already expired too. parent userbinator 3 years ago
Not for H.264; looks like the last patent expires in 2028:
https://scratchpad.fandom.com/wiki/MPEG_patent_lists#H.264_p...
On the other hand, the last patent on MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid/DivX/etc.) which preceded H.264 apparently just expired earlier this month:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_MPEG-4_...
...and IANAL but that means the patents for H.263 and everything older should've already expired too.