[Asterisk-Users] rxfax problem

[Steve Underwood]

Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

> But if we have asterisk and add on Steve's code wouldn't it (suppor to 
> recieve a t.38 fax call and have spandsp decode it) work? What does 
> Steve granting a license to Digium have to do with it? I don't care if 
> Asterisk and the fax support don't come from the same place.

Its easy to maintain a well contained application, like rxfax, outside 
the tree. Trying to maintain patches to rtp.c, chan_sip.c and other core 
elements is too much of a pain to be reasonable.

The code I contributed to Asterisk for T.38 passthrough languished for 
about 9 months before it was integrated. The day it was integrated it 
was in a less suitable state for integration than the day I contributed 
it. The patch to chan_sip.c had required many hours work from people 
over those 9 months, trying to keep up with the changes to the 
chan_sip.c in SVN. Its just wasteful and frustrating. The development of 
Asterisk has now degraded to the point where I will no longer contribute 
anything to it.

If someone wants to take my code and make it work with Asterisk under 
GPL conditions, that's fine. The GPL gives you that right. Please make 
sure you stick to GPL conditions, though. You can't use G.729, for 
example, in an Asterisk that's using spandsp.

Steve