[Freeswitch-users] g729 patent expiration

[Erkan Durmuş]

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Happy birthday Anthony!

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org> wrote:
> There are 400+ patents that cover G729, Many of which haven't expired 
> yet.  Review the EULA on our G729 installer and you'll see the list 
> of patents and what country they apply to.
> 
> And as Anthony pointed out, there very well could be some that aren't 
> claimed yet, Our product Skew was G729AB, Even tho we were only 
> shipping A, we had someone come after us demanding money because of 
> that, even tho we were not shipping any G729B.
> 
> We use the sales to help support the project, so show your support, 
> buy a few licenses and wish Anthony a Happy Birthday its coming on 
> the 7th  (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1NQC79YV4RB83)
> 
> See you all at ClueCon!
> 
> /b
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Anthony Minessale 
> <anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some of the patents expire but nobody will know for a long time if 
>> there are any extra ones lurking in the bushes.
>> As far as the FS implementation, there are no current plans to 
>> change anything yet.
>> 
>> The good news is FreeSWITCH is a massive software project and its 
>> free, so the $10 for g729 is nothing in comparison.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Regis M 
>> <regis.freeswitch.org at tornad.net> wrote:
>>> Very interesting question. If you find an answer, plz, fill it here 
>>> too.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Régis
>>> 
>>> 2016-08-02 22:05 GMT+02:00 Max Clark <max.clark at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> So I fell down the Google rabbit hole this weekend - the subject 
>>>> of my curiosity: US Patent No. 5,920,8531
>>>> 
>>>> This patent has a priority/filing date of August 23, 1996, which 
>>>> would imply that the g729 is in the open next month. Is this 
>>>> accurate? Am I missing another patent that keeps this behind the 
>>>> commercial pay wall?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm asking b/c I'd obviously rather not license channels and find 
>>>> out it was unnecessary a month later.
>>>> 
>>>> Max
>>>> 
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