4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
10:56 a.m.
Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
BTW, do you know the exact status of MLP ? Is patented
and do we know
how it works, or is it a 'trade secret' ?
I was quite sure that MLP is patented, but I couldn't find the patent.
Meridian Audio at least filed a patent application and it's licensed by
Dolby world wide.
I'm not sure if MLP could be patented in Europe for the use in software.
I wouldn't care to much about patents. AFAIK there are no legal
problems, if you distributing the sources. But I'm not lawyer. Maybe
they define MLP as copy-protection and threat you with the DMCA.
I guess the Lame guys should know. They are dealing with the same
problem, aren't they?