[vorbis] Here is a link to what they say about "Other Formats"

[Tom Bishop]

I understood this from Marshall Eubanks note, just recently,
where he said:

> <I said this before>
> The best defense is a good offense : to have openly licensed Vorbis
> patents in place.
> </I said this before>
> 
> 
> 
>                                    Regards
>                                    Marshall Eubanks

Am I misunderstanding.... ??

It seems GOOD to me, that Vorbis patent their technology, and then
openly license it. 

Sorry if I misunderstood Marshall's note....

I thought this meant that patents were "in fact" in place.. but perhaps
not, perhaps Marshal is just expressing his opinion.. ??

..either way, I agree with it.. best to have patents, than not to have
patents.. they keep other people from hassling you.. like Marshall
says.. "best defense"...  Vorbis, if they hold patents, can license it
freely, or even mandate GPL compliance etc..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe "piman" Wreschnig" <piman at sacredchao.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Here is a link to what they say about "Other Formats"

> On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 05:51:51AM -0800, Tom Bishop wrote:
> > I was glad to hear that Vorbis has already applied for.. (gotten?)
> > patents on their technology (in multiple countries?).
> 
> They have? Granted, I only give this ML a passing glance sometimes, but
> I haven't heard about this at all. In fact, last I heard, they specifically
> were _not_ getting patents.
> 
> If they do, I know a lot of people that will be stopping advocacy of Vorbis.
> -- 
> - Joe "piman" Wreschnig <piman at sacredchao.net> - http://www.sacredchao.net
>   He who fights and runs away lives to run another day.               -><-
> 
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