[Asterisk-Dev] MPL(openh323)/ GPL License issues

[Derek Smithies]

Jeremy,
 you are quite correct. Mark does control the copy right of Asterisk.

Now, ast_h323.X explicitly state it is GPL.
    Very simple, very clear.
       No ambiguity.

 Oops, there is ambiguity.
    Elsewhere, you read in the readme file::

  Specific permission is also granted to OpenSSL and OpenH323 to link to
Asterisk.
 


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So tell me. What license is the code under?

The license specified in the readme?
the license specified in the file header??

yes, I "know" it is under the one in the readme.   However, this is an 
ambiguity. As a programmer, I hate ambiguity.

 Let us be clear in the license used.......


Derek.
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Jeremy McNamara wrote:

> Derek Smithies wrote:
> 
> >c)There is a license violation, because MPL code (which is what openh323 
> >  is) cannot be linked to GPL code.
> >
> >d)There is a potential license issue here (and I am  not a license 
> >  lawyer enough to know if it is) does this mean ast_h323.X cannot be
> >  linked to asterisk.
> >  
> >
> 
> Since Mark Spencer controls the copyright of Asterisk, he has granted an 
> exception so Asterisk can link to Open H.323. Same goes for OpenSSL's 
> license and Voiceage's license for G.729.
> 
> If Mark accepted GPL'd code without a disclaimer, he could not offer 
> those exceptions.
> 
> Jeremy McNamara
> 
> 
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