Or licensed.

jsheard 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't the whole point of AV1 that it's royalty free, as opposed to H264/265/etc?

	▲	saagarjha 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		For the codec, sure. But there can always be more restrictions on the IP block, driver code, etc.
	▲	ZeroCool2u 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yeah, and the main problem with HEVC/H265 is the patent encumbrance. Very odd, but hopefully it's just coming a bit later.
	▲	TiredOfLife 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It started like that. But now there are at least 2 different patent pools that want rent.

jeroenhd 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

AV1 is designed to be license free, so unless they outsourced their driver development to another company I don't think there's anything to license.