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astrange
10mo ago
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EU would be one of the places that doesn't have software patents, which is why VLC is based there.
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rowanG077
10mo ago
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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