> > In the case of the g729 license there is a patent rights holder that > insists on per-usage license. This usage license turns out to be a pain > to enforce, in practice. I consider it to be a very poor model. >
Tzafrir, What alternative would you suggest then? Cheers, Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tzafrir Cohen > Sent: Monday, 5 May 2008 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] FW: Asterisk 3rd party developed commercialsoftware > sales licensing platform > > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:33:49PM -0400, Dean Collins wrote: > > Thanks Olle, > > > > Concentrating on your 3rd point; > > > > > A third item is the ability for a marketplace for addons that doesn't > > > require licensing from Digium. Tools that connect over manager and/or > > > AGI/FastAGI. I think we could be better at putting these to market > > > than we are - internally in the community. I've seen plenty of tools > > > during my meetings with community people at conferences and trainings, > > > tools that could find resellers and distributors world-wide if we had > > > the internal network for it. > > > > > > Can you offer some suggestions or advice about how best to license these > > applications? > > > > Is tying it to a nic address like the G729 model a good idea? > > If using g729 legally wouldn't have forced me to use G729, I would have > skipped that annoying thing. The price is the really small part. > > It is quite trivial to bypass. But what happens when you want to copy > your setup to a different system? Do you really want to have to think > about this silly licensing thing? > > Let's say that the server is fried and I restore the backup to a > different system. And I don't have internet connection. And sadly this > is a weekend so no support@ is available. Do I really have to wait? > (Or use the codec illegally?) > > I don't want to have to be in such a position. This is what I meant by > licensing overhead. > > In the case of the g729 license there is a patent rights holder that > insists on per-usage license. This usage license turns out to be a pain > to enforce, in practice. I consider it to be a very poor model. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
