I am not a lawyer, and I am not involved with licensing, so please don't take anything I say as a definitive answer.
However. Seriously. You are calling an API and asking the system to play some audio file from somewhere. You don't need to pay a license to do this. Why in the world do you think you need to pay a license to call an API on the platform?? If you for some reason need to further question this, I don't think this is the list to do it, because this list is for how to use the Android SDK. There are no lawyers or licensing people here. And really don't think you are going to find any licensing people to talk with about this, because as far as I know it is entirely a non-issue. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, bmjg <[email protected]> wrote: > @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 > -- 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
