On Saturday 22 July 2006 18:28, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Micha? Bentkowski wrote: > > Another question connected with monsterz package > > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199611). It uses > > .wav sound files. Packaging Guidelines says that content mustn't be > > patented, and the question is: is wave files patented? > > afaik, no. > Even if there were patents on the format, they would have already expired. Keep in mind that this is actually a container format, and codecs used to prepare audio data could potentially be patented. The codecs most often used are, like the container format, old enough that any patents would have expired. As long as the program isn't using anything obscure, you should be safe from any legal issues with this format. Note that the format is widely supported in other Fedora Core and Fedora Extras packages. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx http://www.n-man.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nman64 Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ --
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