[Vorbis] Ogg container format question

[Monty]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:24:06PM -0700, Ralph Giles wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 05:36:47PM +0200, Sebastian Gesemann wrote:
> > 
> > Just out of curiosity...
> > How do you define "control" in this context ?
> 
> Xiph.org is an open source project. Anyone is welcome to propose changes.
> They're subject to peer review in the sense that we're trying to be a
> standards organization and produce technically progressive work, but this
> is no different from any open source project.
> 
> MPEG has an 'open' standards process too, but it's not open to contribution
> from random individuals.

Actually, the more relevant point is likely that you are free to use
our spec in any way you want to.  So long as you preserve credit (and
don't stomp on a trademark), there is no restriction in how you deploy
or what you build from Ogg including making your own improvemnts or
products.  There are no royalties, no patents and no encumberance.  

Monty