Hi Tzafrir, thanks for your input. Yes I can see how people in the community could be concerned about this being a slippery slope.
All voices need to be expressed even those that think it's a very bad idea. My only desire here is to drive more 'funds' to developers who build innovative products for Asterisk. I look forward to your input and participation on Fridays call. Cheers, Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tzafrir Cohen > Sent: Monday, 5 May 2008 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] FW: Asterisk 3rd party developed commercialsoftware > sales licensing platform > > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 07:24:48AM -0400, Dean Collins wrote: > > > If there was some common marketplace that developers could sell small - > > low cost third party applications to the Asterisk community that Digium > > had some type of overview/management control over who listed etc that > > this would deliver a stream of revenue that would encourage further > > application development. > > I see quite a few third-party applications developed around Asterisk. > > A recent entry: > > http://astcdrview.berlios.de/ > > astCDRview is a lightweight, Web-based, multi-language Asterisk SQLite > CDR viewer that supports multiple outgoing carriers, multiple incoming > numbers, billing, an address book, and extensions > > (as seen on Freshmeat) > > I don't think that application is something that only needs to be sold. > If this will be the case, we'll end up with locked cages that cannot be > integrated well into solid solutions by integrators. > > If that short-term profit and no feedback is what you're after, then > sure, go ahead. > > > > > The question I then posed to the group was if anyone knew how Digium > > managed the sale and licensing of the G729 codes. > > And if this was an open published standard that could it be used as the > > basis for the Asterisk ecosystem license model. > > I personally consider the current g729 licensing as a usage annoyance. > Yet another example of the silly licensing overhead caused by proprietary > software. > > (Use speex) > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
