[Freeswitch-users] Trouble in installation of mod_bcg729

[bhavik patel]

Sorry I wasn't aware about such things. I deeply apologize for posting such
things in forum.
I will take care about that.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:

> Civil or Criminal I don’t think really matters here, as the Project has
> made the decision to not support this particular piece of software due to
> legal liabilities that arise from it. And we ask that people don’t link it
> or ask for support of it on the mailing list.
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> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Giagnocavo
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 25, 2015 2:44 AM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Trouble in installation of mod_bcg729
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> Isn’t patent infringement not illegal, but just a civil issue (depending
> on jurisdiction anyways)? Not that I disagree with the FS project’s stance,
> given their relation with Sipro, and the little to be gained by freely
> helping others avoid a $10 channel fee. Probably best to avoid any
> appearance of not playing by their rules.
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> But the source in these mod simply links Intel’s code to FS, so by itself
> I highly doubt it is infringing any patents as it does nothing; the IPP
> code isn’t distributed. Just like FS doesn’t infringe the G.729 patents by
> having a linking/plugin system. Only making the complete mod including the
> patented parts, using it, or distribution of the full mod is likely to be
> infringing. Perhaps offering advice on how to do so is a bad idea, too?
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> It’s hard to really know how it’d be handled as there doesn’t seem to be
> any cases to tell us. But FFmpeg (at least 2^24 times more popular than
> these mods) says on their site that they haven’t had problems, nor have
> private users. But commercial users end up getting a call from the MPEG
> patent folks to pay up. So that at least shows one consortium apparently OK
> with letting code exist and get around, but will move against anyone
> actually using it for realsies. Maybe someone can let us know what Sipro
> has done and why they haven’t killed all the sites hosting open-source
> G.729 modules for FS and others.
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> I’d be happy to chat off list I that’s better.
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> IANAL,
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> -Michael
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Thanks,
Bhavik Patel
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