[Speex-dev] Optimized Codecs for Blackfin DSP

[Jean-Marc Valin]

>    Concerning of patent issues, you are not right. The patent is for
> their using, not for the source code. Every one which use G.729, G.723
> must pay taxes for each simultaneous channel and this tax is not
> depend which source code you use - your own or open source or another.

Have you recently looked up the definition of open-source? The minimum
requirement is that you're allowed to freely use modify and redistribute
the software. With that in mind, G.729 can never be open-source until
all patents expire. In the best case you could have source available for
free, but that's very far from open-source.

	Jean-Marc

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Jean-Marc Valin <Jean-Marc.Valin at USherbrooke.ca>
Université de Sherbrooke