[Freeswitch-users] g729 patent expiration

Anthony Minessale anthony.minessale at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 18:40:45 MSD 2016


Thanks guys!

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Mirko Brankovic <mirkobrankovic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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