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		rayiner on Dec 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lenovo seeks to render Nokia's H.264 patents unenf... Even with the Linux kernel, almost all development (over 90%) is done by people paid to work on Linux: https://thenewstack.io/contributes-linux-kernel/

nitrogen on Dec 12, 2020 [–]

This serves as evidence that 90% of all codec development could be done by people paid to work on the codec, and yet still available permissively and for free.

rayiner on Dec 12, 2020 | [–]

Sure. You can also make web browsers for free. But how do those companies make their money, and what are the public interest implications of that?

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