Hi Sjoerd, I noticed that you mentioned that you ran into these situations, can you be more specific about what were the requirements, which codec were considered and why they were not good for your customers. This may help with selecting a good codec. Thanks Roni Even > -----Original Message----- > From: codec-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:codec-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Sjoerd Simons > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:37 AM > To: iesg@xxxxxxxx; codec@xxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec) > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:15:01AM -0800, IESG Secretary wrote: > > A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Real-time > Applications > > and Infrastructure Area. The IESG has not made any determination as > yet. > > The following draft charter was submitted, and is provided for > > informational purposes only. Please send your comments to the IESG > > mailing list (iesg@xxxxxxxx) by January 20, 2010. > > > > There exist codecs that can be widely implemented and easily > > distributed, but that are not standardized through any SDO; according > to > > reports, this lack of standardization and clear change control has > > hindered adoption of such codecs in interactive Internet > applications. > > > > There exist codecs that are standardized, but that cannot be widely > > implemented and easily distributed; according to reports, the > presence > > of various usage restrictions (e.g., in the form of requirements to > pay > > royalty fees, obtain a license, enter into a business agreement, or > meet > > other special conditions imposed by a patent holder) has hindered > > adoptions of such codecs in interactive Internet applications. > > As part of my job for an open source consultancy specialising in real- > time > communications i see both of the issues mentioned above occur from time > to > time. As such i'm very exited to see a proposal for an IETF working > group > which addresses these very issues. And therefor i fully endorse the > creation of > this working group and will be eagerly awaiting it results. > > Sjoerd Simons > _______________________________________________ > codec mailing list > codec@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/codec _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf