Re: [dispatch] Proposal to form Internet Wideband Audio Codec WG

["Scott Lawrence" <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 16:18 -0700, Jason Fischl wrote:
> 
> This new working group would be chartered with the purpose of collecting
> expertise within the IETF in order to review the design of audio codecs
> specifically for use with the Internet. Unlike other SDOs, these codecs
> would be optimized for use on the Internet, and as much as possible choose
> technology that does not require paying patent royalties.

This last: "as much as possible choose technology that does not require
paying patent royalties" is a bit of a minefield.  The IETF IPR regime
is not a good one for even checking whether or not you are getting that
result (in some ways our disclosure policies amount to "don't ask don't
tell"), much less making it enforceable.  Other SDOs have 'membership'
and IPR provisions that at least make it possible to make agreements
about mutual licensing among participants - the IETF does not have any
such structures.