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 > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > 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 withdrawn.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. > > _______________________________________________ > Callweaver-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
