Hi, I have a proposal for Debian Linux to add great value to its distribution by including VOCAL software for zero additional cost to Debian.
VOCAL is an open source software which enables ISPs, ASPs, Telecom service providers, system administrators to provide SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) based voice services over an IP network or internet. For more info on SIP please refer: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/sip System admins using Debian can quickly set up an IP PBX phone system using VOCAL with SIP end points and SIP PSTN gateway. We have an internal trial system which runs the free VOCAL software 24x7. For e.g. MSN-4.6 talks SIP to communicate. VOCAL interoperates with MSN-4.6 SIP software. VOCAL software is available from www.vovida.org. It utilizes an OSI approved "BSD-style" license, The Vovida Software License (http://www.vovida.org/About/license.html), which allows you to use the code and binaries for your developmental or commercial purposes. There is no cost or charge for using Vovida code. VOCAL servers are scalable and highly distributed implemented using C++ and Java for GUI. VOCAL can be downloaded and installed quickly on a single Linux box. VOCAL is tested with Cisco 7960 SIP phones, Cisco ATA-186 and Cisco AS-5300 PSTN gateways. VOCAL comes with a best effort mailing list support. VOCAL has over 1000 mailing lists subscribers. VOCAL has a lots of potential and is quite stable as an open source project. For the last 12 months we have over 300,000 hits to our site. Thought you might be interested in the following information: VOCAL url: www.vovida.org A Cisco's press release which talks about VOCAL: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/prod_110101.html A example demonstration of VOCAL: http://www.vovida.org/shows/VOCAL_demo.html VOCAL License: http://www.vovida.com/About/license.html VOCAL Documents: http://www.vovida.com/document/applications.html VOCAL scalability test: http://www.vovida.org/document/pdf/perfNumber.pdf European Public Network Operators Recommends VOCAL(PNOs): http://www.eurescom.de/~pub-deliverables/P1000-series/P1044/D1/p1044d1.pdf Would you be interested to include VOCAL in your Debian distribution? Let me know if you have any questions on VOCAL which I can answer. Thanks Regards, Raghavan Kripakaran 408.428.3008 (Cisco 7960 SIP phone on my desk, powered by VOCAL and AS5300 gateway) 408.527.4732
