[asterisk-users] Patent issues, what features we can't use?

[Drew Gibson]

Ah! you must be American! :-)

Perhaps Zeeshan is looking for an understanding of the issues before 
seeking legal advice (it's a lot cheaper that way).

Or perhaps it is a topic worthy of public discussion? I, for one, would 
be interested in any known issues.

regards,

Drew


Eric Chamberlain wrote:
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> Shouldn't you ask your attorney these questions?
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> Any answers you receive here will not legally protect you.
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> Eric Chamberlain , CISSP
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> * From: * asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Zeeshan Zakaria
> *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2007 7:07 PM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Patent issues, what features we can't use?
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> Hi everybody,
>
> As the Asterisk community is getting larger and larger, I was 
> wondering that the features which are provided in Asterisk and are 
> programmed by the open source community under GPL, or GUIs like 
> FreePBX which also come loaded with wonderful features and uses same 
> Asterisk, are they anywhere violating any patent laws? Most of the 
> features work the same way as Nortel, Avaya and other PBX systems. Is 
> there anyone who owns these features and will come one day to claim 
> his royalties?
>
> When I deploy an asterisk soultion for a customer, is there any 
> violation of any patent or copyright laws anywhere? Of if I use my own 
> Asterisk server to provide services to some customers, am I violating 
> any patent laws by not paying the royalties to some patent owners?
>
> I heard people saying that IVR technology is patented and google 
> search for patents also say so. But we all are using IVR for ourselves 
> and our customers without paying royalties to anyone. But when it 
> comes to using g729, all of a sudden royalty issue comes in.
>
> So what is right to use and what is not?
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> -- 
> Zeeshan A Zakaria
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