[vorbis] Fraunhoffer claims patents on other formats

[Marshall Eubanks]

Matt and Karin Lawson wrote:
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I just visited http://www.mp3licensing.com for the first time in a while, and now
> they are also claiming patent rights over other audio formats including Sony's
> ATRAC-3 and Dolby AAC.  They haven't listed Vorbis, but you KNOW they will try to
> claim SOME kind of patent on it, no matter how unfounded the claim.  This might be
> a heads-up to the ICAST lawyers to see which patents Fraunhoffer is trying to
> apply to other formats.
> 
> - Matt
> 
Hello;

Have you guys started to patent the Vorbis stuff ? It is my STRONG
opinion that open source will HAVE to have patents, in order to fight
off stuff like this.

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                                   Marshall Eubanks

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