Would be interesting to see if this can be pulled off mostly due to existing patents. H.265 license covers over 500 patents you can find quite a few of them dating form the 90&#x27;s which will expire in 2-3 years, but also quite a few that wont.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mpegla.com&#x2F;main&#x2F;programs&#x2F;hevc&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;hevc-att1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mpegla.com&#x2F;main&#x2F;programs&#x2F;hevc&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;hevc-att1...</a><p>Considering that many companies patent everything and their mother I wonder if it&#x27;s possible to actually have a Royalty-Free codec in which the involving parties did not volunteer their IP at no cost because I&#x27;m not sure if making one without stepping on the toes of existing patents is possible...