asterisk users - Mar 2004 - VON Update - Pingtel Creates new SIP Open Source Group

The VON show has started off with a number of interesting announcements.
First among these is a big announcement from Pingtel that they have created
a not-for-profit corporation called SIPFoundry.  This new company includes
Pingtel (which has recently open sourced their SIPExchange PBX), Vovida and
somebody else.

Martin indicated in his presentation that the key goal of the new group is
to leverage the open source SIP implementations to prevent legacy vendors
(read Nortel, Avaya, Siemens, etc.) from using the "Embrace and
Extend"
model to co-opt and proprietize SIP.  Pingtel (which makes SIP hardware)
wants to keep the SIP market open and interoperable. 

They have a web site (which I can't seem to reach from the wireless network
here at the show) for the new company/project:

http://www.sipfoundry.org

I spoke with Martin _____ who gave the Pingtel presentation and is an
officer of both Pingtel and the new SipForge organization.  He indicated he
would like to speak with Mark regarding the possibility of integrating the
Asterisk community with the SIP Forge community.  He indicated that Asterisk
was not initially brought into the discussion only due to limited
time/resources (and to a lesser degree because Asterisk is not SIP-centric).

Can somebody out there take a look at the SIP Forge site and let us all know
what the crux of the organization is set to be?  They are having an open
roll-out meeting tomorrow evening which should spell out some of the goals
of the organization and the partners.

Above all Martin wanted me to understand that he did not view the new open
source organization as a competitor to Asterisk.  What do you think?

More on-the-scene reports to come.

Thanks,

Steve

cut-n-paste from site: 

(seems to me like a SIP instance of CLASS Asterisk)

Mission

The mission of SIPfoundry is to promote and advance SIP-related Open Source
projects. Through SIPfoundry the users, developers, and distributors of SIP
based products can collectively support each other and accelerate the growth and
adoption of SIP.

Open source has already proven its ability to transform the way that other
technologies are developed and the rate at which they can be adopted by end
users. The ability of open source communities to improve the quality and utility
of software surpasses anything that old fashioned business process ever acheived
or ever could. Community development is especially powerful when applied to
broad infrastructure technologies where standards and broad interoperability are
important.

We believe that the time for SIP to come into its own has arrived. The
foundations have been laid for fundamental change in the structure of
telecommunications. We invite you to join us as catalysts in this
transformation.

Organization

SIPfoundry is a non-profit corporation. To quote its Bylaws: 

	It is organized under the Massachusetts Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation
Law for the mutual benefit of the developers, distributors and customers of open
source software products and services.


Board Of Directors


SIPfoundry will be governed by a Board of Directors drawn from the SIP and Open
Source communities. The role of the board is to foster support for projects and
set overall organization policies.


Founding Board Nominees


*	Bob Andreasen 
*	Jason Fischl 
*	Cullen Jennings 
*	Daniel Petrie 
*	Robert Sparks 
*	Martin Steinmann 
*	TBD 

Most business of SIPfoundry should be discussed on the developers mailing list
<http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/dev> ; for communication just
to the board, you may address email to <board AT sipfoundry DOT org>


Privacy Policy


SIPfoundry, Inc. respects and will make every reasonable effort to protect the
privacy of the users of our projects, web site, and any associated services. See
the SIPfoundry Privacy Policy.


How you can use SIPFoundry projects


The specific projects available from SIPfoundry may vary in thier license terms;
you should check the COPYING or LICENSE file in the top level directory of the
distribution for the project(s) you are interested in for the details.

 <http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php>  That having been said,
all the projects available here are OSI Certified Open Source Software
<http://www.opensource.org/licenses> , which means that the licenses meet
the terms of the Open Source Definition
<http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php> . Which means that you can
download the source code here, compile it, and use it.

We are just getting started here at SIPfoundry; there will be some important and
interesting announcements soon about new projects and services available here.
To get those annoucements, please subscribe to our announce mailing list
<http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/announce> .


sipX Family of Projects


The sipX family of projects were contributed to SIPfoundry by Pingtel Corp.
<http://www.pingtel.com/> . They are now open source projects available
for use by anyone.

All of the sipX projects are distributed under the LGPL. 


Source code and binary downloads are coming soon!


SIPfoundry is dedicated to providing the open source community with the best
initial offering of code possible. To that end, SIPfoundry is working diligently
to prepare source code and tools for distribution.

To be notified when code is available, or to simply learn about activities,
please subscribe to our announce mailing list
<http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/announce> .

	sipXphone 
	A SIP soft phone 
	sipXproxy 
	A pair of applications that together form a powerful and highly configurable
SIP router.
	sipXregistry 
	A SIP Registry/Redirect server. 
	sipXpublisher 
	A server to handle SIP SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY handling with a flexible plugin
architecture for different event types.
	sipXvxml 
	Combines a VXML scripting engine with the sipXtack to support the creation of
IVR and other VXML applications. Includes auto-attendant and voice mail
applications.
	sipXconfig 
	A SIP configuration server, supporting configuration of all of the above, and
SIP UAs.
	sipXpbx 
	A full PBX solution; combines sipXproxy, sipXregistry, sipXpublisher, sipXvxml,
and sipXconfig.
	sipXtest 
	SIP testing tools and frameworks. 


Component Projects


The projects below each provide one or more components (libraries, scripts,
definitions) that are used by other projects; these are not generally directly
usable other than by developers.

	sipXtackLib 
	A SIP protocol implementation 
	sipXcallLib 
	Telephony call control. 
	sipXmediaLib 
	Media streaming support (Codecs, RTP, RTCP). 
	sipXcommserverLib 
	Common code shared by sipXproxy, sipXregistry, and sipXpublisher. 
	sipXportLib 
	Common utility and platform abstraction functions (used by all of the other
sipX family projects).


Documentation


System Level Architectural Views


The following slides provide some high level views on how the sipX components
work together in a system.

*	System Overview 
*	System Scalability Approach 

	 
	 
	-----Original Message----- 
	From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com on behalf of Steven M. Sokol 
	Sent: Tue 3/30/2004 1:06 AM 
	To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com 
	Cc: 
	Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VON Update - Pingtel Creates new SIP Open Source
Group
	
	

	The VON show has started off with a number of interesting announcements.
	First among these is a big announcement from Pingtel that they have created
	a not-for-profit corporation called SIPFoundry.  This new company includes
	Pingtel (which has recently open sourced their SIPExchange PBX), Vovida and
	somebody else.
	
	Martin indicated in his presentation that the key goal of the new group is
	to leverage the open source SIP implementations to prevent legacy vendors
	(read Nortel, Avaya, Siemens, etc.) from using the "Embrace and
Extend"
	model to co-opt and proprietize SIP.  Pingtel (which makes SIP hardware)
	wants to keep the SIP market open and interoperable.
	
	They have a web site (which I can't seem to reach from the wireless network
	here at the show) for the new company/project:
	
	http://www.sipfoundry.org
	
	I spoke with Martin _____ who gave the Pingtel presentation and is an
	officer of both Pingtel and the new SipForge organization.  He indicated he
	would like to speak with Mark regarding the possibility of integrating the
	Asterisk community with the SIP Forge community.  He indicated that Asterisk
	was not initially brought into the discussion only due to limited
	time/resources (and to a lesser degree because Asterisk is not SIP-centric).
	
	Can somebody out there take a look at the SIP Forge site and let us all know
	what the crux of the organization is set to be?  They are having an open
	roll-out meeting tomorrow evening which should spell out some of the goals
	of the organization and the partners.
	
	Above all Martin wanted me to understand that he did not view the new open
	source organization as a competitor to Asterisk.  What do you think?
	
	More on-the-scene reports to come.
	
	Thanks,
	
	Steve
	
	
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Where and when is the rollout meeting? I'd love to attend. 

Thanks! 

Paul

 
Paul Mahler
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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Sokol
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:36 AM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VON Update - Pingtel Creates new SIP Open Source
Group

The VON show has started off with a number of interesting announcements.
First among these is a big announcement from Pingtel that they have created
a not-for-profit corporation called SIPFoundry.  This new company includes
Pingtel (which has recently open sourced their SIPExchange PBX), Vovida and
somebody else.

Martin indicated in his presentation that the key goal of the new group is
to leverage the open source SIP implementations to prevent legacy vendors
(read Nortel, Avaya, Siemens, etc.) from using the "Embrace and
Extend"
model to co-opt and proprietize SIP.  Pingtel (which makes SIP hardware)
wants to keep the SIP market open and interoperable. 

They have a web site (which I can't seem to reach from the wireless network
here at the show) for the new company/project:

http://www.sipfoundry.org

I spoke with Martin _____ who gave the Pingtel presentation and is an
officer of both Pingtel and the new SipForge organization.  He indicated he
would like to speak with Mark regarding the possibility of integrating the
Asterisk community with the SIP Forge community.  He indicated that Asterisk
was not initially brought into the discussion only due to limited
time/resources (and to a lesser degree because Asterisk is not SIP-centric).

Can somebody out there take a look at the SIP Forge site and let us all know
what the crux of the organization is set to be?  They are having an open
roll-out meeting tomorrow evening which should spell out some of the goals
of the organization and the partners.

Above all Martin wanted me to understand that he did not view the new open
source organization as a competitor to Asterisk.  What do you think?

More on-the-scene reports to come.

Thanks,

Steve


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On Monday 29 March 2004 13:36, Steven M. Sokol wrote:
> Can somebody out there take a look at the SIP Forge site and let us
> all know what the crux of the organization is set to be?  They are
> having an open roll-out meeting tomorrow evening which should spell
> out some of the goals of the organization and the partners.
Looks like Pingtel is further delaying the release of their software.
What really gets me is that they're labelling this as "open
source",
even though that's exactly what they _haven't_ done.  Didn't they
promise in a press release that the source would be released in March?

-Tilghman

How did the launch meeting go?

rt


On Mar 29, 2004, at 1:36 PM, Steven M. Sokol wrote:
> The VON show has started off with a number of interesting 
> announcements.
> First among these is a big announcement from Pingtel that they have 
> created
> a not-for-profit corporation called SIPFoundry.  This new company 
> includes
> Pingtel (which has recently open sourced their SIPExchange PBX), 
> Vovida and
> somebody else.
> <snip>
> More on-the-scene reports to come.

Actually, ignore that... forgot to take the check the calendar pill 
this AM. Doh!

rt

On Mar 30, 2004, at 11:46 AM, Ryan Thrash wrote:
> How did the launch meeting go?
>
> rt