[Asterisk-Dev] G.729 licensing, again..

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On March 17, 2005 06:37 am, Steve Underwood wrote:
> Stop trying to apply logic, and look at what the software licence says.
> A copy of G.729 from Digium provides no permission to use the patents in
> any other context, even if only the purchased number of copies are in
> use. This isn't Digium's rule. It is a rule set by the developers of the
> codec. It is also common industry practice. I fully agree it is also a
> pain in the neck.

Unfortunately Steve is right here; logically it makes perfect sense, but this 
is patent law.

-A.