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

[Michael Workman]

THEN PUT THE SOURCE FOR G729 AND G723.1 IN ASTERISK TREE



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[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matthew
Rubenstein
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:50 AM
To: Daniel Silaro
Cc: Asterisk-Biz
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] $1000USD for fix of Asterisk g726-32 codec

> 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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