Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site aero.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!aero!sinclair From: sinclair@aero.ARPA (William S. Sinclair) Newsgroups: net.music.synth,net.games.video Subject: Re: Marble Madness & FM Music Synthesis Message-ID: <461@aero.ARPA> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 19:51:41 EDT Article-I.D.: aero.461 Posted: Mon Sep 23 19:51:41 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 05:11:55 EDT References: <2614@ihnss.UUCP> <267@weitek.UUCP> <2882@ut-sally.UUCP> <269@weitek.UUCP> Reply-To: sinclair@aero.UUCP (William S. Sinclair) Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA Lines: 9 Xref: watmath net.music.synth:542 net.games.video:492 Since we're on the subject of patents, Stanford U has the basic patent on the FM process, as applied to music. Yamaha bought it from them after several american companies had declined the option. Chowning did the research for Stanford; as far as I know, he didn't get a very large chunk of the royalties, if any. Bill Sinclair