[Asterisk-Users] G.729 licensing/patent?

[Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)]

Can we just kill this thread for now as we have discussed enough on this
already and we are not the judges who can rule it for good?.

Just my $0.02 Cents

Seshu Kanuri

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Roy Sigurd
Karlsbakk
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:26 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729 licensing/patent?

> There are two groups of patents related to G.729 (and to other codecs,

> and to many other signal processing techniques, such as modems). There

> are patents for algorithms, and patents for signal processing 
> apparatus. The ones about algorithms - generally computational 
> techniques to speed it up - are not an issue outside the US. Even in 
> the US they can generally be sidesteped, by using slower methods to 
> achieve the same effect. The ones covering signal processing equipment

> exist in many markets, especially most of Europe. Whatever your view 
> on software patents, as soon as you run a G.729 code somewhere you 
> have a physical device infringing those patents.

How can generic PC hardware be covered by a patent? It's just a piece of
software, that is, algorithms neatly put together with some control etc.

roy

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