[asterisk-users] Some queries on g729 license.

Paul ast2005 at 9ux.com
Mon Jan 8 13:51:31 MST 2007


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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