[asterisk-users] G.729 pre-compiled binaries and Asterisk 1.2.x.

[Andrew Joakimsen]

On Jan 14, 2008 5:51 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>
> Either that or pay for the legal licensing of G729 and get support through
> the appropriate channels.  Using the code for anything other than learning
> purposes is illegal, not to mention that licensing is quite inexpensive.
>

Using the code period in a country which recognizes software patents
is an infringement of the patentholder rights. It is not illegal
anywhere but it does open you up to a great deal of legal liability.
It does not matter if its in production use or not it is still
infringement on the patent. Of course unless you have a large
operation, say the size of Vonage, noone's really going to care.. but
why are you going to start small with that sort of thinking? You'll
never get anywhere.

I wonder how many Chinese VoIP phones with G729 & G723 codecs have
actually licensed the codec?