[Asterisk-Users] RE: Asterisk license (fwd)

[Brian West]

What must be done for everyone software to be able to play on the same
playground without the parents watching?

bkw

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Mark Spencer wrote:

> Just FYI, MySQL stuff has been pulled from Asterisk since apparently now
> the client libraries are under GPL and not LGPL (and thus are incompatible
> with OpenH323).  You may check out the MySQL code under "asterisk-addons",
> but you should not use both MySQL and OpenH323 (OpenSSL is also
> questionable) in the same Asterisk installation unless you downgrade your
> MySQL client libraries to a version that is before they GPL'd it.
>
> Sorry for the added inconvenience.  I'm including the message from MySQL
> if any of you would like to try to encourage them to LGPL their client
> library again.  Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:02:50 -0700
> From: Gerardo Narvaja <gerardo at mysql.com>
> To: 'Mark Spencer' <markster at digium.com>
> Subject: RE: Asterisk license
>
> Dear Mark,
>
> About a year ago we switched the client libraries from LGPL to GPL or
> commercial license. So for your GPL version you should be OK, for the
> non GPL version I can put you in touch with the proper rep to discuss
> the possibilities.
>
> Best regards,
>
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>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Spencer [mailto:markster at digium.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 26 September, 2003 12:44
> > To: Gerardo Narvaja
> > Subject: Re: Asterisk license
> >
> > > I learned about Asterisk through a prospect. My name is Gerardo
> > > Narvaja and I work for MySQL. As you probably know, MySQL is
> > > distributed under a dual license mode: GPL and commercial license.
> > It
> > > is not clear which license does Asterisk use, but I would
> > recommend
> > > you abide by the GPL. You will find the complete GPL text and FAQ
> > at
> > > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. I make this recommendation
> > > because not all Open Source licenses are compatible with our
> > policies
> > > and it doesn't look like you favor any other license in
> > particular.
> > > This license also makes sure that if anyone creates another
> > software
> > > product based on Asterisk, it remains Open Source.
> >
> > We also dual license Asterisk under GPL and commercial license.
> > However,
> > we do not link to mysql, except for the mysql client libraries which
> > I
> > believe are public domain, correct?
> >
> > Mark
>
>
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