If you don't want to use chan_sip there is always chan_woomera that uses
opal which does sip and h323.... Not to mention there are other stacks like
exosip which are gpl




> From: bkml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Developers Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:06:54 +0900
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Developers Mailing List
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Callweaver-dev] Commercial SIP UA connecting via chan_woomera
> 
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> thomas schorpp wrote:
> 
>> replacing chan_sip by a closed source and proprietary licensed blob
>> will not help CW.
> 
> Any why would it not help? What's wrong with having a choice?
> 
> The situation with SIP isn't really unique. The available open source
> ISDN stacks aren't exactly the kind of quality that many paying
> customers expect when they pay money to have a telephone system set
> up for them. And as we have seen, Sangoma have realised this and
> decided its not worth the trouble for them nor for their customers,
> so they licensed a commercial ISDN stack from NetBricks to ship with
> their new BRI card. Same thing for SS7, there are at least two open
> source choices, but many companies have chosen to pay a little extra
> to use a commercial stack instead.
> 
> So why should we not have that very same choice with SIP, too?
> 
> You are not going to be forced to use it. You can continue to use
> chan_sip if you so desire.
> 
> 
>> remember GPL allows "commercial use" if You "provide warranty".
>> better lets get chan sip mature instead of replacing with a
>> proprietary.
> 
> It would seem there is a bit of a misunderstanding about the term
> "potential replacement". It doesn't mean that chan_sip would be
> withdrawn. It simply means you get a choice to plug into a commercial
> alternative if you don't want to use chan_sip.
> 
> As for getting chan_sip mature, .... ahem .... there is absolutely no
> way that anybody could achieve that by any other means than throwing
> it away and rewrite it from scratch. Not even the proverbial million
> monkeys on typewriters with infinite time could achieve such a
> miraculous transformation.
> 
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