[Asterisk-Users] G729 codec for asterisk

[Walt Reed]

On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:17:55AM -0500, brian said:
> > I've seen that licenses are purchased on a per-channel basis. Could we
> > make
> > some sort of agreement on having a no-limit channel license? Even, we
> > would
> > like to have the possibility of installing it on how many machines we wish
> > to
> > do.
> 
> No you MUST pay per channel because the patent holders require that.  The
> patent holders would !@#$ kittens if you had no port limit or any type of
> control on it.  That's why the control and registration processes are in
> place to comply with the patent holders requirements.  So your request
> translates into "I want something for nothing".

I read it more like he want's to purchase a site license, not a totally
unusual request. If used within a restriced environment (no resale) it's
reasonable, although would be expensive. Probably something he would
need to negotiate with the patent holders directly at this point.