[Asterisk-Dev] Asterisk SS7

[Jeremy McNamara]

Peter Svensson wrote:

>Isn't it? I thought Digium supplied commercial licenes for Asterisk 
>including licenses to distribute Asterisk and any modifications under 
>terms different from the GPL. 
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>

The non-gpl license only applies to the specific module(s) that are 
distributed as binary only.

>The commercialy licensed Asterisk *from Digium* is always the same as the 
>GPLed version. I think the commercial license allows for non-gpl 
>distribution.
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>

Again non-gpl distribution only applies to those module(s) that have 
been specifically licensed from Digium. The rest of Asterisk is still 
licensed under the GPL and acquired in the same fashion (cvs, ftp, web)

This is where most people get confused (and/or upset). There is only ONE 
version of Asterisk.  Those that have a specific need for non-gpl usage 
of specific components of Asterisk simply purchase a non-gpl license 
from Digium for those specific components as necessary.  In my 
experience, those wanting non-gpl distribution has created something 
they either cannot GPL or otherwise feel the GPL is not appropriate.


Jeremy McNamara