[M4IF Discuss] RE: [M4IF News] To those concerned about MPEG- 4 Licensing ...

[Daniel B. Miller]

Rob --
can you provide a pointer to information about how to get involved in the
JVT (Mpeg4/p10) work?  I assume it is similar to MPEG committee
membership, ie ANSI membership &/or corporate sponsor?
 ___  Dan Miller
(++,) CTO and founder, On2 Technologies
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Rob Koenen wrote:
> > >         As for me, I'm looking at MPEG-4 Part 10 and hoping
> > that it is
> > > patent-free ;-)
> >
> >
> > I wouldn't hold your breath. Many companies are nervous about
> > submarine
> > patents. There's a strong anti-free-license movement in MPEG.
>
> Sweeping statements like these are very unhelpful.
>
> It may indeed be unlikley that full JVT codec is going to be RF
> (Royalty-Free).
> There is, however,  a strong desire among many parties to try and
> establish a RF baseline. There is an ongoing effort to see how such
> an RF baseline could be established. It is area in which people like
> to maneuver carefully, for obvious reasons.
>
> Rob
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