Hi, Thomson/Frauenhoffer made such a statement offhand quite some years ago and when Xiph.org asked which patents they though Ogg infringed they had no reply. And they have afaik never repeated such a claim again. Xiph.org also have had a formal patent search done where nothing turned up.
Christian On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:34 +0300, Salonen Kuisma wrote: > >>Salonen Kuisma wrote: > >> > >>>There is some legal issues with the ogg format, so therefore it might > >>>not be in official release. Anyway, I think it's just matter of time > >>>when somebody makes actual ogg support for the audioplayer. > >> > >>what legal issue ?? > > > > Ok this statement was not fully considered. I am not aware of ongoing > legal activities inside Nokia and the legal issue assumption was about > Thomson / Fraunhofer statements about ogg violating their patents. But > again, that was just my personal assumption and I am not lawyer, neither > I know about ongoing legal activities. > > So, don't assume anything, there is no decisions made about anything. I > agree that ogg should be supported but again, that's just my personal > opinion. > > -Kuisma > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller Business Development Manager Fluendo S.L. Mobile Phone: +34 678093464 Office Phone: +34 933175153 Fax : +34 936002310 _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
