[Freeswitch-users] g729 patent expiration

[Regis M]

Hi,
@Anthony, Happy birthday !!!

It's not a price's problem, it's the installing and deploying process with
the licence's linked to a machine uuid/mac associated with G729 that
creates contraints for me.

Regards,


2016-08-03 16:11 GMT+02:00 Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org>:

> 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!
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> /b
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>
> 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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