____/ Jesper Lund Stocholm on Tuesday 11 March 2008 14:20 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:18288098.HdZyntMrDR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> BRM Resolution 23: Thou Shalt Use Patent-Encumbered MP3 with OOXML
>>
>> ,----[ Quote
>>| There are two more documents from the BRM meeting available now on
>>| Alex Brown's blog:
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| If you open the zip file and look at the document titled PT-62A2.doc
>>| and put it next to the Resolutions document [text], specifically
>>| Resolution 23, I think you'll find that they say, put together, that
>>| any applications wishing interoperability with OOXML in sound must
>>| use MP3. This is non-free, being patent-encumbered. If you go to
>>| Audiopeg.com, it tells us, "Audio MPEG is protected by a portfolio of
>>| patents covering a large number of countries." Therefore, by my
>>| reading, the proposed spec can't be implemented in free software and
>>| in a backhanded way, the GPL has just been exiled again. What kind of
>>| standard is OOXML if the GPL, which is what Linux is licensed under,
>>| can't freely interoperate? FOSS is a new factor that standards bodies
>>| simply must consider. It's not like the old, proprietary days, when
>>| it was like a club, and everybody had similar business plans.
>>|
>
> Also (I forgot to mention this in the first posting) - please note that
> ISO/IEC 11172-3 is not MP3. It is MP2.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_11172-3
>
> "MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (MP2, sometimes Musicam) is an audio codec defined by
> ISO/IEC 11172-3. An extension exists: MPEG-2 Layer II and is defined in
> ISO/IEC 13818-3. The file extension for files containing such audio data is
> usually .mp2. While it has largely been superseded by MP3 for PC and Internet
> applications, it remains a dominant standard for audio broadcasting as part
> of the DAB digital radio and DVB digital television standards"
Is your name Erik?
With all due respect, what motivates you to come to a Linux forum to spin and
defend the company with whom you are partner, i.e. that which puts the bread
on your table? I am genuinely curious. Are you concerned because Microsoft's
CEO acknowledges that Linux, owing not just to licensing but also owing to
elevation of standards, will rob Microsoft from its bread and butter (lockin)?
Pam's concern is focused rather equally on the fact that a .doc file is
included. Have you heard the story about Cuba? (they were unable to submit to
ISO, which only accepted .doc files)
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