On Jan 14, 2008 6:54 PM, Andrew Joakimsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008 5:51 PM, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Either that or pay for the legal licensing of G729 and get support > through > > the appropriate channels. Using the code for anything other than > learning > > purposes is illegal, not to mention that licensing is quite inexpensive. > > > > Using the code period in a country which recognizes software patents > is an infringement of the patentholder rights. It is not illegal > anywhere but it does open you up to a great deal of legal liability. > It does not matter if its in production use or not it is still > infringement on the patent. Of course unless you have a large > operation, say the size of Vonage, noone's really going to care.. but > why are you going to start small with that sort of thinking? You'll > never get anywhere. >
I would argue that it is illegal. The main definition of illegal is "1. *against law: *contravening a specific law, especially a criminal law". http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html While it may not be against criminal law in the US it can be in France and Austria, in the US it is certainly "against a specific law". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_law#Law Anyways, buying the license is the right thing to do unless you live where software patent laws are not applicable. > > I wonder how many Chinese VoIP phones with G729 & G723 codecs have > actually licensed the codec? > > Probably none. Thanks, Steve Totaro
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