[Asterisk-Dev] GPL Violation http://www.asteriskwin32.com/

Jerris, Michael MI mjerris at ofllc.com
Tue Apr 12 06:33:09 MST 2005


Or perhapse, as he says on his website:  

	and AsteriskWin32 cygwin patches, avaible soon, come back later
! 

We should just come back later....  ;)

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jerris, Michael MI
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:38 AM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Dev] GPL Violation 
> http://www.asteriskwin32.com/
> 
> As I have source for a semi working * on cygwin (but derived 
> from somone elses work, and not complete or distributed) and 
> I am working on a another windows port for donation to the 
> tree, I can say there are most definitely code changes 
> necessary.  This guy promissed me the source would be 
> available several weeks ago, and has not responded to 
> subsiquent e-mails after that date.  I think somone at digium 
> needs to give this guy a ring as he is making money off 
> breaking their copywrite.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Derek 
> > Smithies
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:58 AM
> > To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] GPL Violation 
> > http://www.asteriskwin32.com/
> > 
> > Hi,
> >  yes/no.
> > 
> >  The question is: has the guy sold product?
> > 
> > If he is still developing, but not sold product, then fine. 
> >   There is no GPL violation.
> > 
> > 
> > If he is still developing, and has sold product, then there is a 
> > possible violation.
> > 
> > You see, suppose he has been required to write Makefiles 
> and configure 
> > commands to get it to work (but not changed the asterisk 
> source) he is 
> > not required to release.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Derek.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Johnathan Corgan wrote:
> > 
> > > Preston Garrison wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Damn give the guy a break, if it was me i would tell you
> > all where
> > > > you could shove it.
> > yeah - I really want to give him a break. I really hate these 
> > developer discussions that take up so much time...
> > 
> > > 
> > > His promises notwithstanding, though, he actually really is
> > infringing
> > > on the Asterisk copyright at this point.
> >    Nope - we do not know this for certain.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Derek Smithies Ph.D.                         
> > IndraNet Technologies Ltd.                
> > Email: derek at indranet.co.nz         
> > ph +64 3 365 6485                          
> > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
> > 
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