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Implementing the HEVC standard in software: Challenges and Recommendations for organisations planning development and deployment of software
University of Skövde, School of Informatics. University of Skövde, Informatics Research Environment. (Software Systems Research Group (SSRG))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2825-135X
University of Skövde, School of Informatics. University of Skövde, Informatics Research Environment. (Software Systems Research Group (SSRG))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2700-2535
University of Skövde, School of Informatics. University of Skövde, Informatics Research Environment. Moorcrofts LLP, UK. (Software Systems Research Group (SSRG))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1001-0283
2023 (English)In: Journal of Standardisation, ISSN 2772-9249, Vol. 2, article id 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Implementation and use of an IT standard in software involves legal, technical and societal challenges. This paper addresses how an organisation can, and should, determine the conditions for implementation and use of the HEVC standard in software. The investigation considers the availability of the standard’s complete technical specification and the extent to which an organisation can access the information necessary to assess the licence conditions for standard essential patents impinging on the standard. Through an action case study approach the investigation analyses declarations in patent databases relevant to the standard and seeks to obtain patent licences from each declarant permitting implementation of the standard in software, where that software is to be provided under one (or several) of three specific open source software licences, and alternatively to be provided as an online service. Our analysis of legal and licensing conditions for use of the standard shows significant obstacles. We find that it is impossible to obtain licences from patent holders that would allow for implementation and use of the standard in open source software. The paper illuminates significant challenges related to conditions for use of the standard under (F)RAND terms and identifies that references to the standard in public procurement projects lead to anti-competitive effects.

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Delft: TU Delft OPEN , 2023. Vol. 2, article id 1
Keywords [en]
HEVC, ITU-T H.265, ISO/IEC 23008-2, Open source software, Standard essential patents, Licence conditions, (F)RAND
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Software Engineering Computer and Information Sciences
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INF304 Open Source; Software Systems Research Group (SSRG)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-22154DOI: 10.18757/jos.2022.6695OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-22154DiVA, id: diva2:1721030
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Published: 3-2-2023

Corresponding author: bjorn.lundell@his.se

This research has been financially supported by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) and participating partner organisations in the SUDO project. 

Available from: 2022-12-20 Created: 2022-12-20 Last updated: 2023-09-06Bibliographically approved

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