It's more like they want to make money off of big settlements rather than licensing it out.
Actually its crazy rediculous... Companies like Sangoma cant even license
it. That requirement for integrators isnt sangoma's, its VoiceAge's
requirement
On 1/14/13 2:57 PM, "Kristian Kielhofner" <kris@kriskinc.com> wrote:
> My understanding is that AMR licensing is even more ridiculous than G729.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Steven Ayre <steveayre@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ah, damn you're right Kristian!
>>
>> The data sheet
>> http://sangoma.com/assets/docs/datasheets/en/d100.pdf
>> contains this footnode that is omitted from the web page:
>>
>> "Except for AMR and AMR-WB. Integrators must clear patent license with
>> VoiceAge Corp."
>>
>> :(
>>
>> In which case anyone obtaining licenses from VoiceAge Corp should be
>> free to use them with any implementation...
>>
>> I guess this is due to the same patent pool mess Mike mentioned?
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>> On 14 January 2013 20:34, Steven Ayre <steveayre@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "All codecs are fully indemnified; no additional licensing is required
>>> for their use."
>>> Source:
>>> http://sangoma.com/products/media_processing/voice_transcoding_boards/d150.h
>>> tml
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 January 2013 19:58, Kristian Kielhofner <kris@kriskinc.com> wrote:
>>>> IIRC Sangoma doesn't provide licensing for AMR and AMR-WB (just the
>>>> implementation).
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK mod_sangoma_codec is no more legal than libamr.
>>
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