Downstream projects of FFmpeg such as VLC certainly have been affected [1]. The interesting thing is that most of the problems have been with audio formats - this is the first I&#x27;ve seen for an open source project using H.264.<p>The Wikipedia article is a bit misleading because although it cites the EU as an example, most software patents are allowed in the EU, including many H.264 patents. I would encourage you to fight software patents not by infringing, but by using royalty-free alternatives.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.videolan.org&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=125032" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.videolan.org&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=125032</a>