@Dianne Hackborn,
Update: Vialicensing (AAC) replied: "If you will be leveraging the native AAC support in Android so that your apps don't include an AAC encoder or decoder, then you wouldn't have a need/obligation for a license - your products wouldn't infringe." So this confirms what you said, but MP3Licencing on the other hand replied: "If you plan to include mp3 functionality in your application for smartphones, you would need our license." "Google currently doesn't have a hardware license to cover such devices, that would extend to 3rd party use." So now I am confused again. Dianna, is this MP3Licencing contact giving the wrong information here? Do you know for sure that NO licensing should apply to Android app developers using the platform provided codecs? And if no licensing should apply then who did take care of the licensing; Google or the device manufacturers? Thanks. - Benny ---------------------------------------------------------- Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Dianne Hackborn Verzonden: donderdag 21 april 2011 22:47 A third party developer doesn't need to pay money to use a platform API -- 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
