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		rslashuser 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How are most people converting HEIC to jpg... If I do this on my mac, I wonder if am technically violating the HEIC patent license. I suppose it depends on the details in the patent license, plus perhaps rights Apple has acquired for its users. I definitely don't know, but maybe someone on HN does?

dkuntz2 65 days ago | [–]

I would assume not because you can do the same thing using a CLI apple installs on all macs, sips

    sips -s format jpeg in.heic --out out.jpeg

also, a heic is just a container around an h265 image frame

gethly 65 days ago | [–]

i doubt anyone needs to be concerned with licences if they are not producing a paid product.

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