Ricky Reusser

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Looks like @rreusser/h264-mp4-encoder is no longer published?

Fabian Iwand

I hit the publish button again. Technically I think you own $$ to some people depending on your usage of it and that you're allowed to use your own copy of the encoder but that it's different if you use a hosted copy of it. It's the reason mattdesl unpublished the corresponding node module he'd created. :/

It's published in this notebook for the time being: https://observablehq.com/d/42411b151082b5c0 If rights issues seem alright, I'm glad to give it a proper name again.

The article https://jina-liu.medium.com/settle-your-questions-about-h-264-license-cost-once-and-for-all-hopefully-a058c2149256 hints at a loop hole:

"This is why people host downloadable pre-built binaries of open source software like FFmpeg in countries outside US where the same patent laws don’t apply."

Would of course need to be confirmed through additional sources.