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2000 Sep 07
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AW: What's in a name
...logo is drawn somewhat from Norse mythology; the
real symbolism is the sine-curve shape of the snake. Thor is hefting
Mjollnir about to compress the periodic signal Jörmungandr... See, it all
makes sense.
Vorbis, on the other hand is named after the Terry Pratchett character from
the book _Small Gods_. The name holds some significance, but it's an
indirect, uninteresting story.
Ogg Vorbis is the current CODEC in development as part of the Ogg multimedia
project, begun immediately after Fraunhofer issued its 'Letter of
Infringement' to freeware MP3 encoder efforts. Vorbis is intended...