[Asterisk-Dev] Some Queries

[Schaefer, Mark]

I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is this:
 
1)  You can download, modify and sell, using the available source code, but
you must also distribute (or make available) the source code, including your
modifications, with the copy you sell.  If that is not acceptable, you must
agree to commercial terms with Digium, which holds a separate, commercial
license for Asterisk (non-GPL).
 
2)  Asterisk should be able to do that pretty easily, with minor, if any,
modifications.  I've not implemented that so you may want to get some help
once you get started.  There is a billing log that would probably give you
all of that information.
 
3)  You have not given enough detail.  Asterisk works with T1, E1 and VoIP
and can give billing logs in all these cases.  In general, the call will
have to go through Asterisk in order to capture those details.  Asterisk is
not a separate reporting package that can be built onto an existing PBX
platform, therefore, it will either need to front or replace your existing
PBX in order to provide the call detail you want.
 
4)  Don't Know.  We have used it successfully in a lab setting as a switch,
but we do not do billing.
 
5)  You should take the commercial piece of this discussion to the
asterisk-biz list.
 
Mark Schaefer

-----Original Message-----
From: Mayank Mishra [mailto:Mayank_Mishra at infosys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:20 AM
To: asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com
Cc: Chagla
Subject: [Asterisk-Dev] Some Queries


Hi,
 
I have some queries regarding Asterisk. They are as follows, any help would
be greatly appreciated.
 
1. We would like to download & modify Asterisk's sources & distribute the
binaries. Is  there any constraint on commercial use of Asterisk. Where can
I get more   information?
 
2. Our requirement is to get Call details(CallerID, Call duration, Wait
time, date &  time of call etc) of each incoming call. This application
should be deployed in an  environment, where there is a PBX & CTI
application running already. There could  be around 500 simultaneous
incoming calls, for which the above data has to be  captured. Can we plugin
Asterisk, to get the information we need?
 
3. If Asterisk can be used in such an environment, can you give us more
details what  hardware is needed for such use?
 
4. Are there any succesful commercial deployments of Asterisk for such a
usage?
 
 Thanks & Regards,
 Mayank

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