[asterisk-users] Patent issues, what features we can't use?

[Eric Chamberlain]

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Zeeshan
Zakaria
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 7:07 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Patent issues, what features we can't use?

 

Hi everybody,

As the Asterisk community is getting larger and larger, I was wondering
that the features which are provided in Asterisk and are programmed by
the open source community under GPL, or GUIs like FreePBX which also
come loaded with wonderful features and uses same Asterisk, are they
anywhere violating any patent laws? Most of the features work the same
way as Nortel, Avaya and other PBX systems. Is there anyone who owns
these features and will come one day to claim his royalties? 

When I deploy an asterisk soultion for a customer, is there any
violation of any patent or copyright laws anywhere? Of if I use my own
Asterisk server to provide services to some customers, am I violating
any patent laws by not paying the royalties to some patent owners? 

I heard people saying that IVR technology is patented and google search
for patents also say so. But we all are using IVR for ourselves and our
customers without paying royalties to anyone. But when it comes to using
g729, all of a sudden royalty issue comes in. 

So what is right to use and what is not?

-- 
Zeeshan A Zakaria 



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