Ben Reser wrote:
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 05:15:30PM +0200, Faraj Meir wrote:Yep but Quicktime is commercial not mplayer
The licensing page doesn't say commercial. It says receives
renumeration for. Apple doesn't receive renumeration for most Quicktime
players. Most are free (as in beer) downloads.
It could be argued that anything that goes in main, Mandrake receives
renumeration for (it gets included in box copies and people buy the
copies).
i did what's the easiest to do...
went to that webpage, found the link to the mpeg4-video-license-holder,
and sent him a mail...
my mail , and their response are shown below ...
to summarize it: :-(
bye,
gabor
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Hello, Gabor.
Thanks for your questions.
If someone wants to make an MPEG-4 video encoder/decoder, yes, they have to pay a license fee. That includes non-profit (open source).
An additional royalty for the right to use the encoder/decoder is payable by the video provider where the video provider offers MPEG-4 video for remuneration. The use royalty to be paid by the video provider (or in the case of Unique Use video, by the service provider) authorizes the consumer's use of the encoder/decoder.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Larry Horn
Vice President, Licensing
-----Original Message-----
From: gabor farkas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:31 PM
To: QandA
Subject: MPEG-4 Visual Question
hi,
i'm not an expert in this area, i olny want to see clearly.....
if someone wants to create a mpeg4-video encoder/decoder,
does he have to pay a license fee?
what about non-profit ( open-source ) encoders/decoders?
if someone uses a mpeg4-video encoder/decoder,
does he have to pay a license fee?
thank you,
gabor
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