[vlc-devel] Re: AAC audio patent questions

[Remi Denis-Courmont]

Selon Rippit the Ogg Frog <rippit at oggfrog.com>:

> Yet VLC both plays and creates AAC files. Is this because
> there are no software patents in France,

Yes.

> because you have a license,

No.

> or because there is an exception for Open Source software?

I don't think there is.

> In my research I found that the creator of FAAC was forced to take his
> binaries offline because Dolby complained he was infringing his patent.
>
> I live in Canada.  Canada has software patents, but not to the extent
> the US does.  The official policy seems to be on this page:
(...)

I am not capable of giving any kind of worth legal counsel to Canada citizens.

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