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[News] Broadcom Claims to Have Just Contributed to Free Software

  • Subject: [News] Broadcom Claims to Have Just Contributed to Free Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:14:04 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Broadcom Offers Royalty-Free, Open Source BroadVoice(R) Wideband and Narrowband
Voice Codecs to Enhance the Quality of Voice Transmissions

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| As a direct response to customer demand for 
| advanced, high-quality voice solutions and 
| development tools, Broadcom is releasing its 
| wideband and narrowband BroadVoice codecs in 
| both floating-point and fixed-point C code as 
| open source software under the GNU Lesser 
| General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1, 
| as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200911100800PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA07991.htm


Recent:

Can't Buy 'Em? Sue 'Em For Patent Infringement!

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| JohnForDummies alerts us to Broadcom's latest
| patent infringement suit, this time against
| Emulex. Broadcom is quite aggressive on the patent
| front, so at first this didn't seem like a big
| deal.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090915/1059576202.shtml


Related:

Broadcom sues Emulex in patent spat

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| Broadcom says Emulex is using its patented technology unlawfully and
| is off to court to stop Emulex using unlicensed technology and to get
| cash damages.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/broadcom_sues_emulex/


EC charges Broadcom founder, gen counsel

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| The men schemed from 1998 to 2003 to secretly backdate stock option grants,
| which forced the company to eventually restate its financial results and
| report more than $2 billion in extra compensation expenses, the SEC said in a
| statement.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKN1451854920080515
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