> Unlike some other image formats (e.g. BPG and JPEG 2000), FLIF is completely royalty-free and it is not known to be encumbered by software patents.
The reference implementations are also open source (dual licensed between LGPL and Apache 2)... But even if you don't like those, you can write your own under whatever license you like. They're just implementations of a spec.
The reference implementations are also open source (dual licensed between LGPL and Apache 2)... But even if you don't like those, you can write your own under whatever license you like. They're just implementations of a spec.