[sldev] SLDev-Traffic #24

[Callum Lerwick]

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 11:47 -0700, Chance Unknown wrote:
> The magic of analog to digital conversion of voice is performed by the
> Codec. There are a number of opensource alternative codecs available,
> but they are far from optimum for very specific use cases.

Is there something wrong with Speex?

The problem is not simply a matter of open/closed source, from what
we've been told the primary codec in use is patented encumbered, thus
even if we had a 100% open source, clean-room engineered implementation
of the codec, we still couldn't distribute it in Fedora unless the
patent holder gives a legally binding, written, irrevocable, perpetual,
royalty free license grant for use by any and all Open Source software.
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