Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I read that Digium is selling g.729 codec, but the other codec not.
I wonder, why to pay to Digium for g.729, but not for the others.
Is a Codec an open standard, that everybody can use? I am confused.
bye
Ronald
Ronald,
G729 (and G723) and covered under patents in the US and elsewhere.
This is a subject of great debate here (and elsewhere), and usually
can cause some major flamefests and rants about patent laws, treaties,
etc.
Please do not misunderstand me, it is not if and how much I should pay,
I am just confused about that one has to be paid for and the other one
not. I believe that both have a patent. I also believe that Digium, even
they make g729 available for Asterisk, will need to pay to the patent
holders.
I don't want to stress the list too much about this issue, can you guide
me to some readings about that?
Google found for my life expectation to many documents to read ;-)
bye
Ronald
Check this:
http://www.sipro.com/faq.php
And then go buy some licenses! :)
I believe some of the money goes to Digium, and some goes back to
VoiceAge/Sipro. Some of the other license/patent people on the list
could tell you more (or you could just search the archives - it gets
brought up on an almost monthly basis).
The simple is this: buy g729 licenses (and support Asterisk) from
Digium here:
http://store.yahoo.com/asteriskpbx/asteriskg729.html
--
Kristian Kielhofner
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