[Kde-accessibility] SSML and the GPL

[Gary Cramblitt]

On Saturday 30 October 2004 12:42 pm, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > There is an article by Jonathan Eisenzopf here
> >
> >   http://www.developer.com/voice/print.php/1565321
> >
> > which seems to imply there are some licensing encumberances regarding
> > VoiceXML.  It isn't clear to me whether these encumberances apply to SSML
> > or not.  If they do, it could be a violation of the GPL (and Debian
> > policy) to use SSML in KTTSD.
>
> I am not an expert either, but if you read the whole page (the second
> one) you will find the fiollowing sentence in BOLD print
>
> "As a result, there are no known impediments to Royalty Free
> implementations of the W3C Speech Interface Framework specifications."

I've looked at the W3C RF License and I can't make heads or tails of it.  If 
an entity wishes to sell a commercial product using KTTSD, but under the GPL, 
do they have to seek licensing terms from SSML patent holders or not?

-- 
Gary Cramblitt (aka PhantomsDad)
KDE Text-to-Speech Maintainer
http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/index.php