On 2/28/14, Johann Steinwendtner <steinwendt...@gmx.net> wrote: > On 2014-02-28 14:04, Tahir Almas wrote: >> 1) We do not perform any transcoding whatsoever. All recordings, and >> voice mail are in G729, >> and allow=g729 for all peers and in sip.conf. Is there anything else >> we need to perform "g729 passthrough". More importantly are we still >> liable? Given that most vendors support G729, why do some still >> require the need to transcode? >> >> >> As earlier referred following quote from their site >> >> "DISCLAIMER: You might have to pay royalty fees to the G.729/723.1 >> patent holders for using their algorithm" >> >> You have to pay royalty fee for using their algorithm and it does not >> matter whether you are trans-coding or not however there is no restriction >> to pay their royalty fee under testing / evaluation >> environment. >> > Hmm, wouldn't that mean, that every single ISP needs to pay the fee for > passing G.729 data through their network ? They really do not transcode. > If you do not transcode, you do not use their algorithm. This is my opinion, > but I 'm not a layer. > > Regards > > Hans > > > --
This is what I would expect? Not a laywer either however can someone please share some light on the legality of straight passing through traffic using the g729 codec without any transcoding. Is a license require for such cases? -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
