[Asterisk-Users] g.729 - licenses and opinions

[Tom]

Let the thread die, please!

FWIW  I agree with Jay.  I just ordered a 5 unit G.729a license 24 hours 
ago.  I hope it arrives in the next 24 hours.  It is too bad that digium 
has to process these licenses manually.

Tom

At 06:04 PM 5/5/2004, you wrote:
>As someone who holds two patents, I'd have to disagree.  They developed
>something at expense of time and money, and now they're getting paid for
>it... And $10/channel isn't a major kink in anyone's budget anyway,
>considering you get Asterisk for free and the rest at $75/port or
>better.  I'm using Asterisk for my home and will have spent $800 in
>hardware when all is said and done.  If I need G729, I'll spend the $20
>or $30 for the two or three channels I may need.  If design a new codec
>that does CD-quality audio in under 4kpbs, you'd be charging people for
>that too.
>
>It's one thing to get something free (open-source), but another to
>demand something free.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amaury Jacquot
>Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:37 PM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] g.729 - licenses and opinions
>
>
>the real story here, is that G711 has been around for so long that no
>patent apply to it anymore. G729 however is a different story... most of
>that money you pay goes to some moron company extorting others
>for the use of the patent...
>
>Amaury