BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · il y a 2 moisAcer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codecwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@piefed.social
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkAcer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codecwww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · il y a 2 moismessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@piefed.social
Acer and Asus can’t sell their PCs in Germany until they reach an agreement with Nokia about the use of HEVC.
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·il y a 2 moisHow soon before x264 and x265 end up getting pulled and h.264 and h.265 support gets locked to Windows like is happening with HDMI 2.1 being blocked on Linux?
minus-squarecmnybolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·il y a 2 moisHosting and development would just move to a country that doesn’t allow software patents.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·il y a 2 moisDoes such a country exist?
How soon before x264 and x265 end up getting pulled and h.264 and h.265 support gets locked to Windows like is happening with HDMI 2.1 being blocked on Linux?
Hosting and development would just move to a country that doesn’t allow software patents.
Does such a country exist?