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<div>At 9:42 -0800 8/01/08, cramhead wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Is there a codec, potentially old or not
currently functioning, that is free and that could be
freely modified/improved to make a new free codec that Apple and Nokia
and others would not challenge? Potentially, some funding could be
donated by groups like the FSF or commercial players?</blockquote>
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<div>This is indeed one of the many questions on the table and under
investigation. Ideas of starting points, ways to address and
clarify the issues, and so on, are gratefully received. Feel
free to look at the summary I edited for the HTML WG and add ideas,
candidates, or courses of action that you feel are missing. The
more creativity that is applied here, the more likely we are to find a
harmonious solution!</div>
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Marc d'Entremont<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Jan 7, 2008 1:12 PM, Manuel Amador
(Rudd-O) <<a href="mailto:rudd-o@rudd-o.com">rudd-o@rudd-o.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote>If you need to pay ˘1 for copies distributed, then it
isn't royalty free and<br>
it can't be on the standard as a requirement. Flat fee is not
royalty free.<br>
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YES, I MEANT BEING ABLE TO USE IT WITHOUT PAYING ANY KIND OF FEE.<br>
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Am I too daft for my words to be understood?<br>
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El Lunes 07 Ene 2008, escribió:<br>
> On Jan 7, 2008 7:36 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <<a
href="mailto:rudd-o@rudd-o.com">rudd-o@rudd-o.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Out of the question, it must be royalty-free. That's
one of the<br>
> > requirements, so unless you can convince the holder to go
RF, no chance.<br>
><br>
> Did you even read what I wrote?<br>
><br>
> >>RAD doesn't charge royalties - period. You pay one
flat-fee to use Bink<br>
> >>or Smacker in your product.<br>
><br>
> If you mean being able to use it without paying _any kind_ of
fee,<br>
> that's another thing.<br>
><br>
> Royalty: a sum of money paid to a patentee for the use of a
patent or<br>
> to an author or composer for _each_ copy of a book sold or for
_each_<br>
> public performance of a work.<br>
><br>
> And about your last sentence.. As I said:<br>
> >>It might be worth trying to contact RAD and see if this
could be a<br>
><br>
> walkable road.<br>
><br>
> -- Federico BP<br>
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<div>David Singer<br>
Apple/QuickTime</div>
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