[asterisk-bugs] [LibSS7 0013191]: [patch] Licensing of libss7 is confusing.

[Asterisk Bug Tracker]

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13191 
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Reported By:                jcollie
Assigned To:                kpfleming
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Project:                    LibSS7
Issue ID:                   13191
Category:                   General
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!): 198 
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2008-07-29 11:31 CDT
Last Modified:              2008-07-30 10:53 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] Licensing of libss7 is confusing.
Description: 
The licensing of libss7 is confusing.  The README states that libss7 is
licensed under the GPLv2 (only).  Most of the source code has comments at
the beginning stating that the code is covered by the GPL, but does not
state which version (thereby implying any version).  One source code file
(ss7_sched.c) has comments indicating that it is covered by version 2 of
the GPL or any later version.  Two files (ss7test.c and ss7linktest.c) do
not have any comments regarding the license.  Also, a copy of the GPL is
not included (the comments in ss7_sched.c imply that you should have) -
it's also good practice to include a copy anyway.
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 (0090845) kpfleming (administrator) - 2008-07-30 10:53
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13191#c90845 
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There are more exceptions than OpenSSL, depending on the version of
Asterisk being built against, and we only want the exception allowed when
used with Asterisk, not in general.

Also, we are about to release version 1.0.0 of libss7 (so that Asterisk
1.6.0-rc1 can be released); if possible, I'd rather you not make any Fedora
packages until we've done that, since we might make changes that would
cause you to have to rework your packages somewhat. 

Issue History 
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2008-07-30 10:53 kpfleming      Note Added: 0090845                          
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