Joegen E. Baclor wrote: > IMO, this is the same case as the Microsoft ACM G.723.1 Codec. It > can be used by applications because it can be accessed by applications > using the ACM API. However, from what I know about codec patents, > indemnification is towards a certain company. Even if Symbian has > licensed G.729 or AMR, the indemnification is not transferred to the > third party applications that may run in the operating system. So, in > both of the cases you mentioned, you must pay the royalties for the > usage of the codec. I already made an inquiry to Nokia about it and using the hardware provided AMR encoder/decoder of S60 you DON'T HAVE to pay royalties. I am 100% sure about it. The question is related to the usage of NON-NOKIA-PROVIDED royalty based codec (if implemented in software). Fabio
