[Asterisk-Users] Dialogic

[Jim Van Meggelen]

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Robin van Leyden wrote:
>> 
>> Does any body have any information about Dialogic MSI board workink
>> with asterisk.
> 
> According to this document the MSI model is not supported:
> http://www.asteriskpbx.org/index.php?> menu=hardware
> 
> 
> Keep in
> mind that the Dialogic drivers for
> Asterisk are closed source
> and cost money.  

This is because Digium does not control the relevant APIs - those have
to be licensed from Intel.

> Contect Digium for details, of course.

Anyone can contect Intel directly and license an API for Dialogic cards.
>From there, one can build their own Dialogic driver for Asterisk (or
Zapata), and not involve Digium at all. But hiring Digium to do this
would be good advice -- given that they know the most about Asterisk,
and have already done much of the necessary work -- it is not a
requirement.

It is important to remember that Digium releases their source code;
Intel does not. It's a pretty safe bet that Intel won't be giving Digium
permission to release the Dialogic drivers or API under the GPL.


Cheers,

Jim Van Meggelen