[asterisk-users] iLBC re-licence

[Steve Davies]

On 22 June 2011 17:14, Patrick Lists <asterisk-list at puzzled.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 06/22/2011 03:32 PM, Steve Davies wrote:
>>
>> Does anybody know if the updated licence on iLBC makes it safe to
>> include in Asterisk when used in a commercial environment again?
>>
>>   https://sites.google.com/site/webrtc/ilbc-freeware
>>
>> It seems to require that the Google iLBC licence document is on the
>> box, but that otherwise it is free-to use by all in any way (BSD
>> licence style). I believe that prior to that there was a requirement
>> to register every commercial use of the codec with the licence holder,
>> or some-such thing?
>
> IANAL but that's what I also understand from reading the software license.
> Seems you just need to ship the license with the binaries and all should be
> well. Please also note that the IP Rights Grant seems to note some
> limitations that you may want to study before shipping to your customers.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick

Yes, it seems to grant the rights to use the iLBC implementation that
comes with WebRTC. I'll have to take a look and see how that compares
(if at-all) with the code that can be plugged into Asterisk.

Cheers,
Steve