[Asterisk-Users] g729 status in New Zealand

Richard Malcolm-Smith rich at ihug.co.nz
Tue Nov 15 17:22:52 MST 2005


As far as I was aware a license was only required in contries that had software 
patents, I know that there arnt here so I am just seeking clarification if thats 
all there is to it.

janvb at caselaboratories.com wrote:
> Yes. The G.729.x source code (in C) can be downloaded for free from 
> ITU-T as the spec actually are in C code. But, even if you use this raw, 
> non-tuned version you will need to pay a license fee to ITU-T per channel.
> 
> The same for G.723.x
> 
> The version that Digium offer is optimized, meaning that they have done 
> basic improvments on the c-code to be able to run more channels. This is 
> however very basic stuff.
> 
> Jan
> 
> Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote:
> 
>> Do I need licenses to use the codec in New Zealand?
>>
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