• pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io
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      6 days ago

      Yep. You need to pay for the patent with certain codecs, that’s why operating systems with a company behind them usually do not distribute them. Same with a few Linux distros, such as Fedora.

      You can install them and the packages for your os are freely available. Just not from the company making the product in the fear of patent trolls.

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        6 days ago

        Always have been. It’s either included in licensing a software or operating systems. VLC ffmpeg and other open source software are a bit of a grey area since they don’t make money from the software strictly speaking.