Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:18:35 -0600 From: "Eric Kjeldergaard" <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: "Renegade Penguin" <renegadepenguin@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: skype and other *phones Message-ID: <d9175cad0612112318j140a729y9025c3496e2ab393@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <457E55E1.7090100@comcast.net> References: <f84c38580612101109s64bffaccye5de8cd380d6af8b@mail.gmail.com> <d9175cad0612112305t85fcdd4q5babfedd52e4bbb0@mail.gmail.com> <457E55E1.7090100@comcast.net>
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On 12/12/06, Renegade Penguin <renegadepenguin@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > > > If you are open to suggestions on other phone systems, I have been very > > much enjoying my gizmo account. (gizmoproject.com) I generally use > > ekiga > > to connect to it, but the benefit of gizmo is that it uses the > > standard SIP > > protocol for accessing the service. Further, the rates are quite > > good. For > > free it gives services like incoming phone calls, voice mail, and free > > SIP<->SIP calls. For a $.01/minute (for US numbers) fee it gives > > outgoing > > to-landline calls. Don't mean to sound like an advertisement, I just > > love > > open standards being used. > > > > Eric Kjeldergaard > > > Yes, but the gizmoproject is particularly onerous. Look at the EULA: > > http://www.gizmoproject.com/gizmo-end-user.html > > Michael Robertson is the head of that project, IIRC. Fairly nasty EULA > for using such "open" terms. Can't even redistribute the software. > > Pity. As a bit of clarification, I'd like to note that I make no endorsement of the gizmo _software_ which this EULA regards. It is instead that the service with its SIP standard implementation that I enjoy. I was initially a bit upset that their software was not open source, but as the major alternative (skype) is both closed protocal and closed source, I choose the lesser of two weevils. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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