Question:

Which is the business model of AXMEDIS ?

Answer:

The AXMEDIS framework is accessible via the Affiliation. The affiliation costs 5000 Euro per year. The affiliation allows you to access at the AXMEDIS Framework source code. The whole source code of AXMEDIS is open source for non profit organization, while it is accessible for industries via the Affiliation. The Affiliation does not include the payment of patent licensing. All the innovations introduced by AXMEDIS are not covered by patents, while some formats are covered by third party patents. For example the MPEG-4 player into AXMEDIS player is covered by patent, but the image, video and audio players not. The AXCP platform is not covered by patents, etc.

AXMEDIS partners are interested in helping any other partners that would like to joint the consortium with the Affiliation Programme. Some companies and research centers involved in AXMEDIS are at the disposal of new Affiliated partners that would like to establish some new project. The affiliation can be paid only by signing an official Affiliation Agreement with an Active Core Partner of AXMEDIS. They are spread in all the Europe, you can have the list from the AXMEDIS portal and from the coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .