(As this is digressing, I'm sending it to the OT list - hope it makes it there...)
On Sunday 28 January 2007 12:55, Charles philip Chan wrote: > Thers is nowhere on http://www.mp3licensing.com/ that states that free > software is excluded. Here are the rates: > > http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html Very interesting, Charles. I wonder then how is it MP3 is a standard. Aren't standards open by default? Here is (PDF) the reference document for the standard: http://le-hacker.org/hacks/mpeg-drafts/11172-3.pdf and yet here is the list of (bogus) patents held by Thompson for the mpeg2/layer3 playback: http://www.mp3licensing.com/patents/ It would seem that - since several organizations were involved in funding MPEG2 layer 2 and 3, that they should all be entitled to use the resulting technology however and whenever they want. -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com closing the doors that surround me so no one will ever penetrate complete my retreat just to wait for the day that never comes so i will laugh alone -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
