[Asterisk-Dev] Re: OT - Regulatory hurdles for Zaptel and Japanese PRI

[Steve Murphy]

> > Please don't say you are close sourceing the software when all you
> > really are going to do is squirel it away from public eyes while you
> get
> > your approval done.
> 
> Making the prospective J1 driver closed source *initially* is just one
> possible way to avoid any objections from the type approval body.
> 

What about a software configuration, instead of a "closed" or "CVS head"
version. License a combination of certain versions of each of the files
involved in the release. Running newer/different versions of these files
in a system attached to J1 would be illegal, until they are approved.


> There are agents who specialise in doing such applications for
> companies who are unfamiliar with the process or who don't have any
> lobbyists on their payroll. The advice we got from those agents is
> that we should modify the Zaptel card and make sure the US card will
> not work in Japan, then sell the Japanese card for 5000 USD instead of
> 500 USD. I guess you get the idea what these guys are up to over here.
> It's all about turf protection.

<shrug> what can you do? OK, sell the J1 at $5k in Japan. If that's what
the Japanese want, then that's what they get, I guess. Hey, can I start
selling cards there, too? ;^)


-- 
Steve Murphy <murf at e-tools.com>
Electronic Tools Company