Enzo Michelangeli wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristian Kielhofner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Asterisk Users Mailing List -
> Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 6:47 AM
> Subject: [Astlinux-users] uClibc and g729
>
> [...]
>
>> g729a is a
>>patented codec that requires royalties to the patent holders to use.
>>Digium has done all of this work for the benefit of the Asterisk
>>community. Unfortunately, they are not able to provide the source code
>>for this codec (for obvious reasons).
>
>
> I don't understand why Digium has to stick to this silly copy-protected
> thing, when there is another well-known implementation of G.729 licensed for
> noncommercial use (and available for binary download, which may or may not
> infringe on the licensing terms, from a site in Latvia). At the end of the
> day, if someone want to cheat using G.729 in a commercial environment
> without paying royalties on the algorithm, will use that other
> implementation ignoring Digium's: so what's the point? The only end result
> is unnecessary grief for legitimate users...
>
> Cheers --
>
> Enzo
>
> P.S. And I'm not even sure if asking for royalties on a software patent has
> any legal standing outside the US: hasn't the European Parliament, last
> year, rejected a bill that sought to introduce software patents?
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/060524/152/gchum.html says that also the EU
> Commission (i.e., the Cabinet) has now adopted the same position.
>
Enzo,
I usually don't involve myself in political/legal issues, but...
Usually (at least in my experience in the US) companies are more than
willing to pay for licenses that they don't need, are unnecessary, or
just plain stupid just to make sure it looks like they are trying.
Call it cheap insurance or CYA (cover your a--), either way it's a
reality!
--
Kristian Kielhofner
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