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

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> Again (just to make sure the archives are clear on this), Mark is _not_
> the sole holder of copyright to the source code in Asterisk.
> 
> Yes, he is the copyright holder for the majority of the code (that which
> he wrote). However, neither of the disclaimers actually are copyright
> assignments; the short form one disclaims all copyright interest, and
> the long form one only provides Digium an unrestricted license to
> use/distribute the code, it does not assign copyright.
Thank you for correcting me. I should've read the actual disclaimer before 
posting. 

For reference, the disclaimer is here: 
Long: http://www.digium.com/disclaimer.txt
Short: http://www.digium.com/disclaim.changes

I have a feeling that if you signed the short disclaimer on code
contributed to Asterisk, you wouldn't be able to assert your copyright
(since you essentially disclaimed it), but people who signed the long 
disclaimer should still be able to assert their copyright against the 
infringers like asterisk-win32