[Asterisk-Users] Help with GPL license of Asterisk

[Mark Spencer]

> Interesting.  The GPL is more parasitic than I had originally thought.

Yes.

> I was unaware of the 'Linux Exception,' as I'm not a developer, but I
> was thinking about how some companies do release binary only modules for
> the Linux kernel, and wrongly assumed that this was provided for in the
> GPL.

Yes.  Also, the LGPL license does permit linking with proprietary code
dynamically, so binary only modules would be fine.

> All I can say, is sorry if I mislead anyone, and thank God I'm not a
> software developer and don't have to deal with this evil, evil license.

No problem, it's easy to get confused :)  I would, however, take issue
with the GPL being "evil".  It's not my *ideal* license, but it certainly
is good enough.

Mark