[xiph-commits] r18787 - websites/opus-codec.org/license
jm at svn.xiph.org
jm at svn.xiph.org
Tue Feb 5 18:24:47 PST 2013
Author: jm
Date: 2013-02-05 18:24:47 -0800 (Tue, 05 Feb 2013)
New Revision: 18787
Modified:
websites/opus-codec.org/license/other_disclosures.shtml.en
Log:
Add France Telecom to "other disclosures"
Modified: websites/opus-codec.org/license/other_disclosures.shtml.en
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--- websites/opus-codec.org/license/other_disclosures.shtml.en 2013-01-29 09:48:05 UTC (rev 18786)
+++ websites/opus-codec.org/license/other_disclosures.shtml.en 2013-02-06 02:24:47 UTC (rev 18787)
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
<p>
While Xiph.Org, Broadcom, and Microsoft filed IPR disclosures giving
- royalty-free licenses to their patents used in Opus, two companies that did
- not directly participate in the development of Opus, Qualcomm and Huawei,
+ royalty-free licenses to their patents used in Opus, three companies that did
+ not directly participate in the development of Opus, Qualcomm, Huawei
+ and France Telecom,
filed IPR disclosures with potentially royalty-bearing terms.
The IETF allows <b>anyone</b> (and their dog) to file an IPR disclosures if
they <b>think</b> that their patents "covers or <b>may</b> ultimately cover"
@@ -28,11 +29,11 @@
When it comes to patents, it is difficult to say much without
making lawyers nervous.
However, we can say something quite direct: <b>external counsel has advised us that Opus can be
- implemented without the need to license the patents disclosed by Qualcomm or
- Huawei</b>.
+ implemented without the need to license the patents disclosed by Qualcomm,
+ Huawei, or France Telecom</b>.
We can also say that Mozilla is confident enough in Opus to ship it to hundreds
of millions of Firefox users.
-Similarly, Cisco is also supporting Opus in at least one product.
+Similarly, Google now supports Opus in Chrome and Cisco also supports Opus in at least one product.
More companies are expected to do the same soon.
</p>
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