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0 pointsastrange7mo ago0 comments

EU would be one of the places that doesn't have software patents, which is why VLC is based there.

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It's not that simple. Software patents exists in the EU, the requirements are much more strict though. For example Netflix was ordered to cease their use of H265 in germany: https://www.nexttv.com/news/achtung-baby-netflix-loses-paten...

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0 pointsastrange7mo ago0 comments

EU would be one of the places that doesn't have software patents, which is why VLC is based there.

It's not that simple. Software patents exists in the EU, the requirements are much more strict though. For example Netflix was ordered to cease their use of H265 in germany: https://www.nexttv.com/news/achtung-baby-netflix-loses-paten...

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