Free software and telephony over IP

Logiciels libres en téléphonie sur IP: Pièges & menaces

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EP-1114414

EP-1224659

EP-1058927

EP-1008141

EP-877355

EP-503684

EP-0516621

EP-819303

EP-813736

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Brevets

EP-1114414: Adaptive Combining of Multi-Mode Coding for Voiced Speech and Noise-Like Signals

AMR: Brevet logiciel

Standards bodies ITU ISO/IEC

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“ RAND” “ the originator shall ask any holder of such identified patent rights for a statement that the holder would be willing to negotiate worldwide licences under his rights with applicants throughout the world on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions” ISO/IEC IPR policy

Interoperability requires iLBC “ iLBC codec is standardized by IETF (RFC3951 and RFC3952) and is designated by CableLabs as a mandatory component of all voice-over-cable telephony systems.”

Interoperability requires iLBC

Personal, non-commercial use is generally permitted.

Commercialization is permitted with certain limitations; for example, to ensure that every iLBC decoder can decode every iLBC-encoded payload, commercial “Deployment” must comply with the applicable IETF Standard/draft, and the format of the bitstream may not be modified.