Re: [AVT] AMR is not free anymore?

Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com> Wed, 10 March 2004 03:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [AVT] AMR is not free anymore?
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At 11:58 PM 3/8/04, Raoul Mallart wrote:
>Was anybody aware that a licencing system has been put in place for AMR 
>(RFC 3267) ?

Just so there's no confusion: This licensing system applies to the use of 
AMR *encoders* or *decoders* - not to the use of RFC 3267, which describes 
merely how (already-encoded) AMR frames are transported using RTP.

There is no Intellectual Property Notice attached to RFC 3267, and (AFAIK) 
noone is claiming that RFC 3267 infringes upon any patents.


	Ross Finlayson
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