[asterisk-biz] g729 licensing

[Steve Totaro]

For sure there would be performance issues if the server or network went
down.  Might have to have two servers in different locations that are
handing out the licenses while talking to each other.  If one drops, the
other somehow knows what licenses are inn use from the failed server and
and then some sort of failover system. 
 
Thanks,
Steve

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Sergey Kuznetsov 
	Sent: Sat 2/4/2006 8:58 PM 
	To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] g729 licensing
	
	

	I am interested as well. I bought 100 licenses a year ago, and
some of
	them are "catching a dust".
	
	I think it will work. Just let me know when it will be ready and
is
	there any performance issues in case if
	network connection on your side goes down.
	
	
	All the Best!
	Sergey.
	
	Steve Totaro wrote:
	> Well I am looking at purchasing 672 licenses.  Digium gives a
little
	> price break over 500 licenses, they only charge $8/each.
Somehow I
	> would like to see how your model could possibly help my
situation rather
	> than helping everyone else's.
	> 
	> Steve
	>
	>       -----Original Message-----
	>       From: trixter aka Bret McDanel
	>       Sent: Sat 2/4/2006 8:39 PM
	>       To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
	>       Cc:
	>       Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] g729 licensing
	>      
	>      
	>
	>       On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 20:11 -0500, Steve Totaro wrote:
	>       > Now this is excellent thinking!  I especially like the
section
	> at then
	>       > end that explains some legal questions.
	>       >
	>      
	>       Its not exactly a new idea, the sun commercial compiler
uses a
	> similar
	>       license system (or at least did I havent used it for at
least 10
	> years,
	>       but 10-15 years ago it did this).  Steam (for halflife,
	> counterstrike,
	>       etc) also do a similar thing.  Autocad has something
similar.
	> Many
	>       things have a network license server for licensed
material.
	>      
	>       http://www.sipro.com makes it clear that you are
licensing a
	> channel
	>       (one end per license), and not a specific implementation
or
	> other
	>       hardware locked thing.  As such this model is approved
so long
	> as you
	>       dont exceed the total number of licensed channels.
	>      
	>       We are just trying to lower the entry cost for this
technology.
	>       Vovida.org (cisco's open source telephony platform) has
some
	> work on the
	>       Open G.729A codec, however that is only suitable for
development
	> and
	>       educational purposes, as such its not suitable for many
(the
	> license
	>       forbids commercial use without an actual license).
	>      
	>       This is also an attempt to help the community, with the
sharing
	> model by
	>       sharing licenses in a collective.  While licenses still
have to
	> be
	>       bought, you dont need a 1:1 in a global environment (1
license
	> per user)
	>       becuase many people have idle licenses just sitting
there
	> collecting
	>       dust.  This means that more people can use licenses
cheaper than
	> if they
	>       had to get their own license and then not use it while
they
	> arent on the
	>       phone.
	>      
	>       The other model is more for businesses that need/want a
more
	> closed
	>       environment.  We give people choice and freedom :)
	>      
	>       --
	>       Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com     Bret McDanel
	>       UK +44 870 340 4605   Germany +49 801 777 555 3402
	>       US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200
	>       FreeWorldDialup: 635378
	>       http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group
	>      
	>
	>  
	>
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