[asterisk-users] AsteriskNow install addons despite license conflict with FFA and G.729

[Jason Parker]

On 07/19/2011 01:02 PM, Michael wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com
> <mailto:kpfleming at digium.com>> wrote:
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>     You don't need to install asterisk-addons to be able to store CDRs; you need
>     them to be able to store CDRs in MySQL specifically. If you choose another
>     database that doesn't have licensing restrictions that interfere with usage
>     of non-GPL modules, then you'll be fine. Asterisk 1.6.2.19 includes CDR
>     modules for PostgreSQL and FreeTDS (Microsoft SQL Server), and also generic
>     ODBC support which can be used to connect to MySQL if you wish.
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> Doesn't FreePBX CDR page/engine require MySQL CDRs?
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Yes, but you don't have to use cdr_mysql to insert into a MySQL database.  The 
cdr_odbc module works just fine for that.