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

[dking at pimpsoft.com]

Why even worry about it?

I may be missing something, being used to the american way of doing 
things.  If I am or this seems like a stupid comment then I apologize 
in advance.

Why not just release a working driver for that system and let the 
chips fall where they may? Digium is a american based company right? 
So if asterisk/zaptel works with the the J1 system they can't do 
anything about it, right?

Sure the people being paid to keep things incompatible may not like 
it, but if it works there anger does not change the fact that it is a 
working system. It seems to me from the information described in this 
thread that something like this is long overdue anyway.


On 8 Sep 2004 at 18:22, Steve Murphy wrote:

> 
> 
> > > 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
> 
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