On 9/10/09 3:31 PM, Michelle Dupuis wrote: > I believe that Intel placed a 729 codec into the public domain (free), > and someone wrapped it in a nice Asterisk package for use. > No idea where - but I do recall that it is out there, and legal. Of > course it's nice to support a vendor, but free alternatives can't be > shunned...
The original comment stands. The codec is patented. The implementation is not. In order to use the implementation you need a license unless you live somewhere that: A) Doesn't have patents B) Doesn't have a trade agreement with USA Inserting a g729 codec from a licensed source other than Digium will break the GPL (Digium issues an exception for it's g729): http://tinyurl.com/ykpu42u This conversation has come up hundreds of times on this mailing list and the result is always the same - if you're happy breaking the law, go for it - if you get most of your movies from piratebay then it probably isn't a problem for you. -- Cheers, Matt Riddell Director _______________________________________________ http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News) http://www.venturevoip.com/st.php (SmoothTorque Predictive Dialer) http://www.venturevoip.com/c3.php (ConduIT3 PABX Systems) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users