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Open Source trumping patents?

Author:	Christopher Dewey
Posted:	8/29/2000; 8:14:50 AM
Topic:	Open Source trumping patents?
Msg #:	20467
Prev/Next:	20466 / 20468

On Scripting News, Dave Winer writes:

Open source does not trump patents. The freeze in MP3-related technology is not just coming from music industry, it's also coming from a patent held by a German company who is ruthlessly enforcing it.

Open source isn't an automatic solution for the patent problem; however, the Ogg Vorbis project is developing an open source (LGPL) and patent-free audio CODEC, with promising results. Routing around the Fraunhofer patent.

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