| ▲ | astrange 8 days ago | |
EU would be one of the places that doesn't have software patents, which is why VLC is based there. | ||
| ▲ | rowanG077 8 days ago | parent [-] | |
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... | ||