[Asterisk-Users] Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Free G.729 ready for download

[Steve Underwood]

Peter Svensson wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Steve Underwood wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I wouldn't do that, if I were you. Distributing the source code for 
>>educational and evaluation purposes won't get anyone into trouble with 
>>the patent issues. I think (not sure) that Intel's copyright on the code 
>>is OK, since Daniel is distributing only patches to the original. As 
>>soon as you make binaries you are on shaky legal ground.
>>    
>>
>
>I am not a lawyer, nor even a US citizen. Talking to someone who is both 
>may be a good idea.
>  
>
What is the relevance of being a US citizen? Copyright rules are largely 
global.

>Unless otherwise granted by the copyright holder, by default the copyright 
>of a derived work (in the copyright legan sense) is held by the owner of 
>the original copyright and not the crator of the derived work. So no, the 
>patches are owned by Intel as well.
>  
>
But the patches aren't a derived work. That is the value they have here. 
There are an independant adjunct work.

Regards,
Steve