Submitted by DirectControlAssumed t3_yhvgub in technology
atomic1fire t1_iujkn4h wrote
Reply to comment by Temenes in Google Outlines Why They Are Removing JPEG-XL Support From Chrome by DirectControlAssumed
Sure, but I was moreso refering to the group JPEG, not the most recent format.
I might be blaming the standards bodies themselves when the patent holders might be more responsible.
There's a whole PDF/slideshow about the patent troubles encountered by the original JPEG group, namely that Patents still covered a bunch of stuff for years and none of the patent holders waived their right to sue, so what happens is the people using the jpeg format have to pay any of the relevent patent holders to use the format.
The original goal of JPEG was apparently to be royalty free, but it couldn't do that with the patents holders around at the time.
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