Editing S3 Texture Compression (section)

== Patent ==
Some (e.g. US 5956431 A) of the multiple USPTO patents on S3 Texture Compression expired on October 2, 2017.<ref name="lwn-714524">{{Cite magazine |last=Yates |first=Tom |date=2017-02-15 |title=This is why I drink: a discussion of Fedora's legal state |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/714524/ |magazine=[[LWN.net]] |access-date=2017-02-16 |quote=...&nbsp;The patent on S3 texture compression expires on October 2, 2017, so Steam games might work better on Fedora after that date.&nbsp;... |archive-date=2017-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301064408/https://lwn.net/Articles/714524/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At least one continuation patent, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US6775417.pdf US6,775,417], however had a 165-day extension. This continuation patent expired on March 16, 2018.