[Freeswitch-users] g729 patent expiration

Wed Aug 3 18:34:09 MSD 2016

Happy birthday Anthony
;-)

> On Aug 3, 2016, at 10:26 AM, Regis M <regis.freeswitch.org at tornad.net> wrote:
> 
> 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,
> 
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> 2016-08-03 16:11 GMT+02:00 Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org <mailto: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 <http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1NQC79YV4RB83>)
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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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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