AMR codecs incorporate several patents, held by Ericsson, Universite de Sherbrooke (VoiceAge) and Nokia. VoiceAge claims to provide patent portfolio for AMR codecs. Depending on law in your country, manufacturers and developers may need to get a license. Because it is a shared library, you may need special contract for each one application, which links against this library, directly or indirectly. Patent portfolio seems to be licensed by Via Licensing. Depending on law in your country, you may need a license for distribution, any use, commercial use or even development. You don't have permission to distribute the source code and attached .doc file.