MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired
I wonder if this will affect the existence of the Raspberry Pi's binary blob ? I remember Liz Upton saying "[MPEG2 licensing] is a reason we have to keep the blob, unfortunately, or we’d be sued into a smoking hole in the ground by the MPEG LA" on this page: <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-birthday-present-from-broadcom/" rel="nofollow">https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-birthday-present-from-bro...</a><p>Also does it mean that the Raspberry Fundation could provide the MPEG2 hardware decoder license key for free ? (currently: <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/" rel="nofollow">http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/</a>)