[vorbis] Fraunhoffer claims patents on other formats

[John Morton]

On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:49:55 -0400 Marshall Eubanks <vorbis at xiph.org> wrote:

> 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.

That shouldn't be necessary. Mearly documenting the technology used in
Vorbis with indepenently verified dates of first use would mean that
Vorbis would have prior art claims should anyone else wish to patent the
tech that's being used.

John

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