[Asterisk-Users] G.726

[Steve Underwood]

Eric Wieling wrote:

> Steve Underwood wrote:
>
>> Kevin Walsh wrote:
>>
>>> Brian McSpadden [mcspadden at gmail.com] wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> I would buy a $10 license of Digium's g.729 and do some testing with
>>>> that. From what people have told me, that "open source" g.729
>>>> implementation causes crashes, performs more poorly, and just isn't a
>>>> good idea. There are people that have had some success with it, but
>>>> for me, $10 is a pretty fair price to do some testing with, if g.729
>>>> is what you need.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>> Where can I find that open source G.729 implementation?
>>>  
>>>
>> If you believe G.729 is unencumbered then you get off your lazy ass 
>> and write one. This is what freedom is al about.
>>
>> Sadly, it is not unencumbered, or I would probably have done this 
>> myself by now.
>
>
> This message in the mailing list archives will allow you to register 
> for an account with the ITU and then download up to three 
> specifications for free, including the G729 source code.
>
> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-dev/2004-September/006347.html

All the implementations of G.729 I have seen are based on that code. 
However, even the troll will agree that is encumbered by copyrights. 
That definitely cannot be used for anything free. Since it is the basis 
of Intel's IPP implementation, it means anything based on that also has 
the same copyright issues.

Regards,
Steve