Might not be possible, it's not the format or algorithm thats patented - in many...

		werftgh on Oct 1, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: H.264 and VP8 for still image coding: WebP? Might not be possible, it's not the format or algorithm thats patented - in many cases it's the concept. A patent on compressing an image by only storing some spatial frequencies gets you however you code the DCT.