[Asterisk-Users] Re: Compiling Asterisk with G.723.1

[Randy Ackers]

>Tony Hoyle wrote:

>Steve Underwood wrote:
>
>>>
>>I didn't say one patent covered all the world. I said the patents on 
>>codecs exist all over the >>world. WIPO is simplifying this a bit, but its 
>>still pretty expensive to get a patent everywhere. I >>know of no country 
>>where the key aspects of a codec cannot be patented.
>>
>>Outside the US you can't patent software or algorythms, and a codec is 
>>(usually) both of these, >>therefore not patentable outside the US.  This 
>>is what allows things like the xvid project to exist, >>for example, which 
>>breaks several US patents...  Fraunhoffer somehow apparently managed to 
>> >>get some in europe but it was never decided whether they were valid or 
>>not (commonly it is >>thought that they'd have failed under legal 
>>challenge as the wording of EU patent law is very >>clear).

>>Try looking up the EU patents related to any of the ETSI codecs, like GSM 
>>EFR, half rate, AMR, >>etc. If Fraunhoffer's patents can be challenged, 
>>they must have screwed up the way they >>worded them.

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Hello,

I think that the discussion has strayed from its original subject: the 
subject is WHERE is the library for the G723.1 codec in Asterisk.

There are many people/companies/organizations who need G723.1. Although 
apparently it's not a problem using a patented codec like G723.1 outside of 
the USA, most of us would gladly pay a reasonable per-channel fee for it's 
usage, like in the case of the G729 which Digium offers.

But since it is not available in this manner, I think it's only fair to 
provide the source code for compilation/usage at least outside of the US.

I know that quite a few Asterisk users have compiled G723.1 in their box. 
Like many others, I would like to have this code and be able to compile it 
in my box.

In fact, many of us would even pay a reasonable sum in order to have the 
code, if the people who already have it & use it in their boxes are not 
willing to share for free.

Regards,
Randy Ackers.

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