[Bug 691390] Re: [needs-packaging] asterisk-1.8

[Ryan Egesdahl]

I should be more clear: this is in relation to the iLBC codec license
which seems to have a questionable status. That's why the codec was
dropped from the Debian build of the code. It would appear that the GIPS
license on the ilbcfreeware.org site is in conflict with the IETF
policies regarding free use of code extracted from an RFC document. The
conflict in question arises from the possible use of Asterisk in a
commercial implementation, which would require registration of its use
with GIPS, and that violates RFC3978, which seems to grant the license
automatically. The GIPS license would make the package non-free but the
IETF-derived license would preserve that, so the true nature of the
license involved needs to be determined.

I don't think the question has been settled and the issue has been
avoided for quite some time. The registration requirement seems to be
for companies who incorporate iLBC into their technology, not for ones
that simply use the software that has the incorporated codec. My idea is
to contact GIPS to get a determination in the matter and see if there is
anything that can be done to simplify the situation. If so, we might be
able to include the codec in the package for those who might use it.

Of course, for now iLBC has been disabled in the build entirely and not
even added to the source tree, so there isn't a problem at the moment. I
just want this question resolved definitively once and for all.

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] asterisk-1.8

Status in “asterisk” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: asterisk

Asterisk 1.8 is the newest and best-supported version of asterisk. Asterisk 1.6 will be phased out over the next year and will not receive anything but security updates past April 2011. This newest version is a LTS release and will be fully supported all throughout the next four years. Rather than continue with a version that is due to be phased out relatively soon, we should probably move up to what will likely become the standard.

Also, the asterisk package needs a major facelift. I have been working on a new package for Natty and will soon have one for Maverick in my PPA.

URL: http://www.asterisk.org
License: GPL-2+, some portions BSD (both 3-clause and 4-clause)