Comment by vcool07 10 years ago OK, so it is open, but not free ? Is it available for academic purposes free of cost ? 3 comments vcool07 Reply Khoth 10 years ago You have to pay royalties to actually use it, but if you just want to read the thing, you can get it for free from the ITU. https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264-201602-S/en userbinator 10 years ago As the grandparent comment says, it is free for non-commercial use.Of course, this also only applies in countries which enforce software patents. gcp 10 years ago No, not at all. There's even restrictions on distributing H264/AVC video files themselves.
Khoth 10 years ago You have to pay royalties to actually use it, but if you just want to read the thing, you can get it for free from the ITU. https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264-201602-S/en
userbinator 10 years ago As the grandparent comment says, it is free for non-commercial use.Of course, this also only applies in countries which enforce software patents.
gcp 10 years ago No, not at all. There's even restrictions on distributing H264/AVC video files themselves.
You have to pay royalties to actually use it, but if you just want to read the thing, you can get it for free from the ITU. https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264-201602-S/en
As the grandparent comment says, it is free for non-commercial use.
Of course, this also only applies in countries which enforce software patents.
No, not at all. There's even restrictions on distributing H264/AVC video files themselves.