A third party developer doesn't need to pay money to use a platform API. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:43 AM, bmjg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Eric, > > I indeed found a related discussion regarding wma licensing: > > "The Windows Media codecs are not part of OpenCORE. They require a > separate license which is typically negotiated between the hardware > manufacturer and the codec supplier." > > But that only would be true for wma because it isn't offered through > OpenCORE while e.g. MP3 and AAC are part of OpenCORE. > Does this mean that for OpenCORE Google took care of licensing formats like > MP3/AAC/H264/..? > > I would love to get an direct answer from Google. Does anybody know how to > contact them directly about this? > > By the way I also asked this question to the parties that collect the > royalties for MP3 and AAC but so far I didn't get an answer :( > > > - Benny > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
