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Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

Adrian Farrel <Adrian.Farrel@huawei.com> Thu, 07 January 2010 10:25 UTC

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:25:23 +0000
From: Adrian Farrel <Adrian.Farrel@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)
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Hi Ben,

>> I appreciate the potential difficulty of guaranteeing the unencumbered
>> status of any output of this group. However, I would like this statement 
>> to
>> be stronger, saying that this group will only produce a new codec if it 
>> is
>> strongly believed by WG rough consensus to either be unencumbered,
>> or freely licensed by the IPR holder(s), if any.
>
> For political reasons, this is unlikely to happen.

Could you elaborate?

Thanks,
Adrian

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