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Ah! you must be American! :-)<br>
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Perhaps Zeeshan is looking for an understanding of the issues before
seeking legal advice (it's a lot cheaper that way).<br>
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Or perhaps it is a topic worthy of public discussion? I, for one, would
be interested in any known issues.<br>
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regards,<br>
<br>
Drew<br>
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<p> <span>Shouldn’t you ask your attorney these
questions? </span> </p>
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<p> <span>Any answers you receive here will not
legally protect you. </span> </p>
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<p> <span>--</span> <span> </span> </p>
<p> <span>Eric Chamberlain</span> <span>, CISSP</span> <span> </span>
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<p> <span>Chief Technical Officer</span> <span> </span> </p>
<p> <span>Voxilla - <a href="http://voxilla.com/">http://voxilla.com/</a>
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<p><b> <span>From:</span> </b> <span>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b><span>On Behalf Of
</span></b>Zeeshan Zakaria<br>
<b><span>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 13, 2007 7:07
PM<br>
<b><span>To:</span></b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
Discussion <br>
<b><span>Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-users] Patent
issues, what features we can't use?</span> </p>
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<p> <span>Hi everybody,<br>
<br>
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? <br>
<br>
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? <br>
<br>
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. <br>
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So what is right to use and what is not?<br>
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-- <br>
Zeeshan A Zakaria </span> </p>
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