Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "High Efficiency Image File Format" in English language version.
If there's one major downside to both HEVC and HEIF, it's that they're covered by patents that may need to be licensed for use in various apps and services.
HEIF and HEVC are extensively covered by patents, which means there could be legal implications to implementing HEIF support, particularly in paid software or a hardware product.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)SharpP工具从17年3月开始，已采用AVS2作为新的内核；17年5月正式对外推出基于AVS2的图片格式，联合北大、AVS组织一起完善相关规范，并命名为TPG（Tiny Portable Graphics）[Since March 2017, SharpP uses AVS2 as its new core. In May 2017, [we] made the new AVS2-based format public, completing the standard with Peking University and AVS the organization, and named it TPG (Tiny Portable Graphics)]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)If there's one major downside to both HEVC and HEIF, it's that they're covered by patents that may need to be licensed for use in various apps and services.
HEIF and HEVC are extensively covered by patents, which means there could be legal implications to implementing HEIF support, particularly in paid software or a hardware product.