On 2/1/13 12:10 PM, Michael Dale wrote:
The software patent situation for mp3 is sad,
considering how long the mp3
format has been around:
http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/ [...]
But fundamentally Wikimedia is not
"distributing" these encoders and there
are no royalties for media distribution. Likewise we are not shipping
decoders (the decoders are in browser or the mobile OS )
The USPTO is holding a comment period and a couple meetings on
software patents. The meetings are both 9am – noon local time. Both
require an RSVP by email by this Monday the 4th.
Stanford ("Silicon Valley") is
Tuesday 2013-02-12
Stanford University
Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA
NYC ("New York City") is
Wednesday 2013-02-27
New York University
Henry Kaufman Management Center
Faculty Lounge
Room 11-185
44 West 4th St.
New York, NY 10012
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20130104012214868
-Jeremy