title: What are the licence free codecs for FFMPEG?
body: <p>So I've recently started implementing ffmpeg in an application that I do intend to distribute commercially. And I've had an hard time getting my head around the whole licensing process.</p>
  
  <p>The most commonly answered question I've seen seems to be about x264 which requires a paid licence from x264.org in order to use it commercially (right?). I started to look into mpeg4 instead but that too seemed to be locked behind some patent licensing fee (<a href="https://www.mpegla.com/programs/mpeg-4-visual/license-agreement/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mpegla.com/programs/mpeg-4-visual/license-agreement/</a>). </p>
  
  <p>I guess my question is the following, what video encoders compatible with FFMPEG are fully free to use?</p>
  
  <p>Yes I barely know what I'm talking about, but I feel like I'm missing the elephant in the room here...</p>