On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Darryl Moore <dar...@moores.ca> wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2014 10:02 PM, "Paul Belanger" <paul.belan...@polybeacon.com> > wrote: >> >> > >> No such thing as 'free open source g729 license', if you actually read the >> site: >> > > There is regarding the copyright on the code. The fact it is also patent > encumbered is a different issue. > >> DISCLAIMER: You might have to pay royalty fees to the G.729/723.1 >> patent holders for using their algorithm. >> >> So, basically you are illegal using them if you didn't pay for them. >> > > Not true. He said it was a lab setup. It is totally legit to use patented > processes in an evaluation/lab environment. > Correct, I didn't mention this, since I was assuming OP was talking about getting it into production. Should have been more clear.
>> > 3) Is there a performance/stability/security gain when using the >> > commercial vs. open source version or vice versa. >> > >> See above about about open source license. > > Your comment about open source is irrelevant to performance, stability, and > security. WRT these criteria, I would be surprised if there is much of a > difference. The free software isn't locked to a mother board, so that might > count towards performance by some measures. > > Now having said that. I agree once you leave the lab environment and decide > you need g.729, you will unfortunatly need a licence to keep using it. > > The real question is: is there really any choice other than Digium for the > licence? Due to the dual licensing of the asterisk code, even if you could > license the codec elsewhere, you might be violating Digium's OSS license > when you don't but their commercial asterisk license. > > Cheers, > Darryl > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Paul Belanger | PolyBeacon, Inc. Jabber: paul.belan...@polybeacon.com | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Github: https://github.com/pabelanger | Twitter: https://twitter.com/pabelanger -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
