[vorbis] Fraunhoffer claims patents on other formats

[Roland Nagtegaal]

I heard that once you publish an invention or algorithm in a journal
like the American Journal of Mathematics and the like, with a sample
implementation, this work can no longer be patented.
In the high-tech industries this is sometimes used to hurt the
competition, so that they can no longer can have exclusive rights
to some technology.

I think all you have to do is publish the principles behind
vorbis in one of those academic journals, and you'll be save.
It would certainly count as prior art.

Roland

On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 10:14:15PM -0700, Rich Burroughs wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> 
> > This does not sound like the way to secure the open source movement.
> 
> I disagree completely. It's been my understanding that, beyond the
> improvements in technology, the main point of Vorbis is to be patent-free
> and open source so we don't have to deal with the kind of licenses that
> Fraunhofer is trying to push on people. What if iCast were to patent
> Vorbis, and then some bean counter decided that they really should be
> making money off this project that they are funding the development
> of? What would stop us from ending up as much at their mercy as we now are
> to Fraunhofer?
> 
> No thanks. I applaud the folks who started the project for making it open
> and patent free, and I hope it stays that way.
> 
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> 
> 
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