[Asterisk-Users] g729 status in New Zealand

[Paul]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
>
>> Now for the ITUs site, I found the data set that has the '3
>> diskettes' (their words) in the zip file (pdf or word) however that is
>> 82 swiss francs, does anyone have a copy that doesnt require such
>> payment (legally of course)?
>
>
> The license under which you obtain that code from the ITU does not
> allow redistribution in any form for any purpose.
>
>> I am thinking of making this a AUG project in the near future to come up
>> with a cheaper alternative.  From what I am reading on similar ITU
>> codecs its under $1 per unit licensing to the ITU so it could be a lot
>> cheaper and still provide some money for the Sac AUG to get supplies for
>> its activities (Sac AUG is not for profit 100% volunteer so no
>> individual would actually profit).  The people saying that thought it
>> was about $0.50 per seat royalty.  Maybe when I have time I will contact
>> the ITU to see what their fee is.
>
>
> The ITU is not involved in licensing or patent indemnification; they
> are non-profit standards body. The G.729 patent holders have given
> Sipro the task of managing their patent portfolio licensing, so that
> is who you would need to contact. Sipro recently changed their
> licensing policies, and those changes made the barrier to entry
> substantially higher. You are welcome to talk to them, of course :-)

Kevin, I gave those policy changes a quick read a few months ago. I get
the impression that Digium has a definite "grandfathered" advantage. It
looks to me like they don't want such "general purpose" licensing in the
future.