[Asterisk-Dev] Open G.729 / G.723.1 update, fixed memory leak

[Edwin Groothuis]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:07:04AM +0430, Paradise Dove wrote:
> if it can't be distributed in binary format, so what is this?
> http://kvin.lv/pub/Linux/Asterisk/

This whole binary / non-binary distribution is dancing on the grey
line between what's legal and what is not legal (and has nothing
to do with what is technoligically[sp] speaking possible)


What happens with Daniels way of implementation?

- You download the files from the Intel FTP site. There is no
  restriction mentioned anywhere while running the ftp-program which
  says that you're not allowed to download anything. Not that it
  makes it legal, but it doesn't make you agree with some agreement.

- Apply for an Intel's license for Free Non-Commercial Use, and run
  the installer.

- Get patches from Daniel

- Compile the code, get a working binary and install it in an
  asterisk directory.


What happens with your way of implementation?

- Download the .so file, install it in an asterisk directory.


You both used the same sources, the same patches and get the same
binaries. The reason why Daniel is dancing on the white side of the
line, by letting the end user go to the Intel website and let them
explicitly get the license (which you only get if you say
"personal-not-for-profit"), while you are dancing on the black side
of the line, by already having done this for the end user without
knowing what his intentions are.

In a legal sense, Daniel is not responsible for what people do with
his patches, while you are responsible for what people do with your
binaries.

That is probably why Daniel doesn't want to distribute binaries.


So yes, thanks for the binaries, it saves me a lot of time, but I
will only use them at home. And an additional thanks for the FreeBSD
versions :-)

Edwin
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