[Freeswitch-users] g729 patent expiration

Wed Aug 3 18:37:28 MSD 2016

we are hijacking the subject, but Heppy B-day :))

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:34 PM, George Assaad <gassaad at emassembly.com>
wrote:

> 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,
>
>
> 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!
>>
>> /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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