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saagarjha
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Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for ...
Why? The "licensing" information at the bottom of the page makes it seem like it's open source?
Youden
on Oct 6, 2018
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Because it's based on HEVC. HEVC patents have a very complex (and expensive) licensing situation right now.
slavik81
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The author can only give up his own rights. Identifying and acquiring any patent rights owned by other people is up to you.
okket
on Oct 6, 2018
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Open Source does mean it is free of patents.
yjftsjthsd-h
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Does
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mean it is free of patents.
okket
on Oct 6, 2018
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Oops, right. I really thought I wrote this. Sorry.
yjftsjthsd-h
on Oct 6, 2018
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Yeah, I assumed it was just a typo, but I figured we wanted to be absolutely clear here.
okket
on Oct 6, 2018
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I promise I will never become a lawyer or write math books.
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