>>>>> "D" == David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
D> The frauenhofer page I've seen doesn't say, all it does is give
D> different royalty rates for decoders depending on whether or
D> not they're based on frauenhoffer code.
The only mention of this I can find on DayPop is a 1999 article on
mp3.com:
Only two prominent MP3 encoders for UNIX remained: Fraunhofer IIS'
own MP3Enc and the freely available BladeEnc. How did BladeEnc
survive the royalties crunch?
The answer lies in geography. Tord Jansson has been developing
BladeEnc in Sweden, where the government does not honor patents on
algorithms. The MP3 standard is an algorithm for encoding audio,
and therefore, Jansson is not required to pay royalties for his
encoder.
http://www.mp3.com/news/264.html
What has changed? Why do we not just continue to use the BladeEnc?
For that matter, why don't we all just move to Sweden!
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