Benny Amorsen wrote: >>>>>> "SU" == Steve Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> > > SU> In addition, someone referred to countries where there might be no > SU> valid patents on G.729. Would anyone like to point one out? I > SU> don't know of any. > > It is highly doubtful that the G.729 patents are valid for software > implementations in the EU right now. The European Patent Office is > happy to issue patents on software, but there hasn't been a court case > about them patents so far. >
You can ignore the software patents. Those are only for algorithmic speedups, and not all implementations make use of them anyway. The bulk of the patents are rock solid anywhere. Before claiming they are software patents, maybe you should understand what a software patent is, and look to see if the relevant patents make any mention of software. I don't know anyone working in speech coding who ever questioned for one moment whether speech coding can be patented. Steve _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
