[vorbis] AC-3 Decoding

Hongli Lai hongli at telekabel.nl
Wed Aug 8 10:28:45 PDT 2001



On 2001.08.08 18:42:21 +0200 volsung at asu.edu wrote:
> Yes.  This is a patent issue, not a copyright issue.  We actually have
> some
> (very little anymore) of their code in libao.
> 
> Don't worry, it's not the patented part.  :)
> (Well, unless they patented writing to WAV files and /dev/dsp.)
> 
> ---
> Stan Seibert

Somebody managed to patent the wheel (!!!), so it's not unlikely
that writing to WAV files and /dev/dsp won't get patented. :)

I'll just pay the patent office loads of money and there:
I patented oxygen! Now you all have to pay me $$$! Mwahahaha!

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