[Asterisk-Dev] code theft again?

Matthew Boehm mboehm at cytelcom.com
Tue Jul 12 12:47:06 MST 2005


Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> It would be helpful for those of us with significant code contributions
> to know what the status is for some of these GPL and copyright
> violations.  For example, the SysMaster code is long known to be
> infringing, yet there's been no information back from Digium as to
> what they are actually doing about it.  Even a "we're currently in
> negotiations" or "they have not yet purchased a business license
> to the code" would be better than nothing.
> 
> As it stands, we're left wondering if we should file lawsuits
> independently of Digium for these copyright violations.
> 

I'm wondering too. While I have disclaimed my code for res_config_mysql 
to digium, what effect does that have on some company like this? I'm 
100% sure that my boss (the company owner) wouldn't want my work being 
used in this way.

-Matthew




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