[asterisk-biz] Selling the source code for asterisk callcentersolution

[BJ Weschke]

On 5/24/06, Michael Workman <mworkman at imbroadcasting.net> wrote:
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> You ask EVERYONE to make all there work and effort Open Source cause you
> don't want to pay.....
> But if we follow the Rules according to GPL... then Why the Hell is had not
> Digium made the g729 and g723.1 Codec's open source...
>
> it was written on code from asterisk... for it Should be open source
> according to GPL... So in Short.... I don't think people should demand that
> people make there software open source UNTIL Digium Makes G729 and G723 Open
> source...
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> Until they do... Asterisk's GPL Has not Got a Pot to piss in...
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>

 g.729 and g723.1 are both patent protected and Digium must pay
royalties to the patent holder from the amount they are collecting
from you for the use of these codecs. I'm not quite sure you're of the
belief that the GPL applies to this.

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