[Asterisk-Users] Help with GPL license of Asterisk

[Chris Albertson]

Maybe we should say "RFTM" or in this case "RTFGPL".  If is easy to
see how non-GPL modules could be linked to GPL code.  Two methods
come to mind:

(1) If the modual were "general purpose" in the sense that it COULD be
used with
something other then Asterisk.  In other words the modual does not
depend on Asterisk and uses a public interface.  Codecs could be a
perfect example if they were also used in other telephony systems.
This would be just like running comercial software under the the Linux
OS.

(2) It could also be the case that the author of a system like Asterisk
specifically allows non-GPL'd modules.  This is the case with the
Linux kernel and non-GPL'd drivers.  Linus specifically allows it.




--- Eric Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 09:40, Mark Spencer wrote:
> 
> > > 2) if you build your application as a module that loads into a
> stock
> > > asterisk server, you do not have to disclose your source
> > 
> > This is FALSE.  Even modules for Asterisk MUST be released under
> GPL,
> > unless you obtain a license to release them outside of GPL from
> Digium.
> 
> You mean like codec_g729b.so?
> 
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