[asterisk-users] Some queries on g729 license.

[Paul]

Sorry again Al but you are way off on this one also.

sipro licenses digium who licenses end users for the digium product they
are buying. It's like saying if I buy an ATA with 2 g.729 licenses can I
throw it away and use the licenses with my open source codec? No way!

Al Bochter wrote:

> Mike
>
> I understand that.
>
> but it states on there site and note the key words "may need"
> What I want to know is if you buy 10 licenses from digum can use the
> Open Souce code?
> As long as you don't transcode than 10 at a time. Is that legal?
>
> I see the note about the IPP license
>
> >From what I have been told this is easier to get working than Digum's
> G729
>
>
>     Legal Stuff - Important, please read
>
> To use G.729 or G.723.1 _*you may need to pay a royalty fee.*_ Please
> see http://www.sipro.com for details. Please note that this code is
> available for you to download for education purposes only and if a
> patent exists in your country for G.729 or G.723.1 then you should
> contact the owner of that patent and request their permission before
> executing the code.
>
> To distribute Intel's IPP libraries with a commercial product, you may
> need to pay a once-off license fee to Intel (currently $US180).
>
> My patches to Intel's code are distributed free under the GPL. Most of
> the code is just Intel's sample code re-arranged a little bit to work
> the way Asterisk expects. Therefore, this work would not have been
> possible without Intel doing 99.9% of the work.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Al Bochter
>Bochter Services
>http://www.BochterServices.com/?t=Email
>
>
>
> Mike wrote:
>
>> Al Bochter wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> So tell me what this FREE open source G729 is
>>>
>>> I am told that you can use these Codecs with your Asterisk !
>>>
>>> http://www.readytechnology.co.uk/open/ipp-codecs-g729-g723.1/
>>>
>>> You can do it Freely !!
>>
>>
>> Please read the entire page. From the link you sent:
>>
>>
>>    Why NOT G.729?
>>
>> There are some reasons you might /not/ want or need to use G.729.
>>
>>    * You don't want to pay the license fees or use the codec without
>>      the permission of the patent holder.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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