Paulo Scardine wrote: > thomas schorpp escreveu: >> stay on topic pls. codecs are not in a session initiation protocol (SIP). >> and we shouldn't give a shit on that U.S. lawyers trivial software >> patents bullshit. >> besides, the community has nearly always managed to give >> reverse-engineered and clean room designed replacements for codecs, >> since mp3 times. > We who, white-skin? Don't you know the core developers position on this > matter? There are already free implementations of some patent encumbered > codecs in the wide, but they will not be included in callweaver until > the patents expire, period. > > Also some of the patents in question where granted over HARDWARE > implementations, so the question if software patents are enforcible on > your particular jurisdiction is not even relevant. >>> For many people, callweaver will not be a viable alternative to >>> asterisk without this. Some folk will not buy the GNU-fundamentalist >>> "just make your provider use speex" argument.
> Regards, > -- > Paulo > since this is a important question I want to remember anyone that the GPL rejects any Warranty and Liability for the SW manufacturer/distributor if so licensed software is unpaid. remember, the main reason for companies not to use GPL'd products is that the maintainers and providers take no liability for it and for what You do with it. I assume this is what some people expect if CallWeaver is delivered to them they want the CallWeaver Project to take over *their own* liabilities. this is typically a company's in-buyers behaviour used to buy proprietary softwares. to exclude this liability once and for all, CallWeaver maintainers decided not to deliver this way tainted stuff with it. thats O.K. so You can use patented codecs with Your own extended CW installation, but at Your own risk and business and You must setup Your own business with patent holders. theres no need at all for the CW project doing this for You. But if You want to provide such extended CW based installations dont forget to include a copy of the GPL (GPL is NOT "Public Domain"!) and respect its contents. additionally, provide instructions how to pay patent fees. thats all and IMHO more fair than most proprietary licenses which are far more restricting. I could add this to the wiki FAQ if no corrections or veto s. y tom _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list Callweaver-dev@callweaver.org http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
