[Asterisk-Dev] G.729 licensing, again..

[Paul]

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

>On March 17, 2005 06:37 am, Steve Underwood wrote:
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>>Stop trying to apply logic, and look at what the software licence says.
>>A copy of G.729 from Digium provides no permission to use the patents in
>>any other context, even if only the purchased number of copies are in
>>use. This isn't Digium's rule. It is a rule set by the developers of the
>>codec. It is also common industry practice. I fully agree it is also a
>>pain in the neck.
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>Unfortunately Steve is right here; logically it makes perfect sense, but this 
>is patent law.
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The typical practice is that you have to pay some minimum upfront fee in 
order to get a license to use it in one product. If you want a license 
that covers multiple products(including those you have not even dreamed 
of yet) you will pay a lot more upfront money but your per-unit fee will 
be much lower.

I suppose that any patent holder might consider granting a license that 
the end user could transfer from one product to another if you offer 
them enough money. Loan me about 100 megabucks and I'll see what I can do.