On January 18th, France Telecom filed an IPR disclosure against Opus citing a single patent under non-royalty free terms. This raises a key question – what impact does this have on Opus? A close evaluation indicates that it has no impact on the Opus specification in any way. Summary: A careful reading of the FT patent reveals that: The FT patent does not cover the Opus reference implementation bec
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