<div dir="ltr">Hmmm, again, this conversation has just faded out. I wondered why no response from Digium?<div><br></div><div>So I found this discussion - <a href="https://community.asterisk.org/t/why-does-g729-still-require-licensing/71920/8">https://community.asterisk.org/t/why-does-g729-still-require-licensing/71920/8</a> - seems very clear that G729 is patent free, but still no response from Digium.</div><div><br>Also, the link to the "definitely royalty free" version was removed.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there must be a valid reason. </div><div><br></div><div>And I'm not at all against Digium making money. But this whole 729 thing is a mystery without any official feedback...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 at 05:37, Dmitry Melekhov <<a href="mailto:dm@belkam.com">dm@belkam.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div class="m_4679345624604627686moz-cite-prefix">20.07.2018 23:35, John Kiniston пишет:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:41 AM Saint
                Michael <<a href="mailto:venefax@gmail.com" target="_blank">venefax@gmail.com</a>>
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                      <div>​The community would benefit if a
                        non/licensed version of G729 would be included
                        with Asterisk​, since the license expired. The
                        current codec source code posted still requires
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                      <div>​I am sure Digium would not prefer to ​</div>
                       
                      <div>​acknowledge this, but the phenomenal growth
                        of Asterisk is due to the a​availability of a
                        free G729 codec compiled and distributed free by
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            That'd be a surprise to me with the 325 G.729 licenses I
            have from Digium.<br>
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          I'm not a software pirate, I doubt that most telephony
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    Once again- patent is expired, g729 algorithm is now free.<br>
    You spent you money to wrong place :-)<br>
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