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

[Dan Hollis]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Kristoff Bonne wrote:
> Greetings,
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > There are many kinds of patents... not just ones for commercial purposes.
> > For instance, there is a kind of patent which doesn't prevent people from
> > using it, only prevents corporations from trying to exert monopolistic
> > control over the technology. It's a sort of open-source patent which
> > protects those people who use the technology from litigation by bad
> > people.
> Nice, but ... consider that somebody buys out vorbis, can they change
> still change this?

No. You can't change the patent after it's been issued by the patent
office.

-Dan

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