On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:06:53PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > Is only MPEG Layer III patent encumbered ? > > > > How about the other MPEG stuff ? > > > > I find it hard to believe that it is all patent-free. > > > > > > It's all encumbered with patents. Encoders *and* decoders. > > > > Encoders only, not decoders. Decoders for anything probably cannot be > > patented. > > Really? AFAIR every producent of mobile mp3 player had to pay patent > grants, to be able to distribute his device.
They'll only sell you licenses to the encoder patents if you pay them for your decoders as well. That's not the same thing. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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