On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Jayson Devor <jayson.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > We are looking to transition our 23 channels from testing/lab into > production. During testing we used the free open source g729 license > using the instructions found here: > > http://blog.manhag.org/2010/05/installing-the-free-g729-codec-for-asterisk/ > No such thing as 'free open source g729 license', if you actually read the site:
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. > A little more about our setup. All recordings have been converted to > G729, all voicemail messages are also in G729, finally allow=g729, > disallow=all is specified in our config. > > Questions: > > 1) Is there anything we overlooked in our attempt to implement g729 > passthough, and stop all transcoding efforts? > 2) do we still need to purchase 23 G729 licenses? If so, is asterisk > 10$ license recognized by the patent holders (ie, is Digium authorized > to sell the license on behalf of the patent holders)? Yes, getting a license from digium should be sufficient to cover your usage. Plus you'll be supporting the project. > 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. > I was reluctant to bring this topic up yet again , and yes I did > google around and read the different material on the subject however, > I am still in need of some definitive answers. > -- 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
