[Asterisk-biz] copyright --may I use it for commercial business

[Michael Bielicki]

no it can't unless you get an agreement from digium allowing you to
change the license

On Apr 1, 2005 3:01 PM, Nicolás Gudiño <asterisk at house.com.ar> wrote:
> > If you *sell* Asterisk with your own additions, you either have to
> > give the source code of your additions away to the buyer under the GPL
> > license and he can do whatever he wants to do with it - or buy a
> > commercial license from Digium and thus get the commercial rights to the
> > software and the right to sell your customized version.
> >
> > Regarding prices for that, contact Digium sales.
> > http://www.digium.com
> >
> 
> Thinking about this... If he modifies asterisk and adds great features,
> bug fixes, etc, and distribute his version, he must release it under the
> GPL or purchase a commercial license from Digium. That's fine.
> 
> *But* if Digium don't have the disclaimer from him, then it will be
> actually a fork because those great changes cannot be incorporated back
> into the Digium branch... don't they?
> 
> Another question, can a forked asterisk version be relicensed as LGPL or
> similar licenses?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Nicolás Gudiño
> 
> 
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-- 
Michal Bielicki
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