Yesterday, IETF announced the +publication of of +RFC 6716, the Definition +of the Opus Audio Codec, a low latency, variable bandwidth, codec +intended for both VoIP, film and music. This is the first time, as +far as I know, that IETF have standardized a multimedia codec. In +RFC 3533, IETF +standardized the OGG container format, and it has proven to be a great +royalty free container for audio, video and movies. I hope IETF will +continue to standardize more royalty free codeces, after ISO and MPEG +have proven incapable of securing everyone equal rights to publish +multimedia content on the Internet.
+ +IETF require two interoperating independent implementations to +ratify a standard, and have so far ensured to only standardize royalty +free specifications. Both are key factors to allow everyone (rich and +poor), to compete on equal terms on the Internet.
+ +Visit the Opus project page if +you want to learn more about the solution.
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