[asterisk-biz] $1000USD for fix of Asterisk g726-32 codec

[Matthew Rubenstein]

> You are free to make the code available to the Asterisk community
> under any license you wish, commit it into CVS, keep it to yourself,
> sell it to someone else, whatever you like, just make it available to
> us for our unlimited use.

	Asterisk is distributed under the GPL license. The GPL requires that
anyone who makes changes to the licensed source code and then
distributes it, even as only a binary executable, *must* publish the
changed version also under the GPL. The developer must not keep it to
themself.

	"In house" development is often not considered "distribution", if both
the developer and consumer of the changed code work for the same
corporation/organization. But independent developers working for a
different organization, like you're offering, "distribute" the revised
code when they deliver it to you. So they must publish the code under
the GPL.

	Otherwise they are in violation of the copyrights of the (many) authors
of the code that they revised. Each of those authors has a legal
complaint. And news of the GPL violation can result in lots of other
consequences from the developer and user community. Violators can also
find that their customers distrust them, which can be worse than the
legal problems.

	These facts are all made very clear in the GPL. You should read and
understand the GPL before you incorporate the software into your
business, like any license.


On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 21:52 +1000, Daniel Silaro wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am happy to offer $1000USD for the fix of the g726-32 in Asterisk.
> What's wrong with it? It currently gives a very distorted sound as
> though the gain is set to high. Lowering the gain on endpoints helps
> but this is not a fix just a poor workaround. We require g726-32 to be
> of the same quality as the Asterisk g711 implementation.
> 
> As the developer who fixes this issue you will receive $1000USD from
> us. You are free to make the code available to the Asterisk community
> under any license you wish, commit it into CVS, keep it to yourself,
> sell it to someone else, whatever you like, just make it available to
> us for our unlimited use.
> 
> Please contact me off list if you are interested and capable of this project.
> 
> -Daniel
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