[vorbis] Fruanhofer patents and royalties for Streaming

[Robert J Lynn Jr]

I think that he's being very helpful by letting us know that we have about 1
month to get moving so we aren't relying on ANYTHING on Fraunhofer by the
1st of January. And, what he MEANS is that the VORBIS STREAMING PROJECT
ITSELF could be in danger of being out of funds if Fraunhofer were to take
it to the courts.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Segher Boessenkool" <segher at wanadoo.nl>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Fruanhofer patents and royalties for Streaming

>
>
> Daniel Richards wrote:
> >
> > Everyone involved in the Vorbis project should get their A into G and
> > get streaming worked out before the 1st of Jan, so that when Fruanhofer
> > start cracking down on streaming MP3, there's a good, workable
> > alternative to switch to :)
> > This includes the plugins and such
>
> Do it yourself. Please. Or try to sound a bit nicer. You are being rude.
> We all do the work for free, giving considerable amounts of time and
effort
> to the project. You only want to have free stuff. If you want good,
streaming
> audio, and (as you say so yourself) mp3 is the only thing that delivers
it,
> just pay them. That's how the world works; you don't like it, just
> change it.
> (Or at least try to). Btw, your talking to the wrong people here; Vorbis
_is_
> already streaming, maybe your favourite tool doesn't support it yet, but
you
> should speak to the makers of that tool to get it supported, not to us.
>
> Sorry if I sound harsh,
>
> Segher
>
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