[Asterisk-Users] Broadvoice asterisk patch

[Lee Howard]

On 2004.11.11 14:31 Adam Goryachev wrote:

> Did they contribute to the codebase, or did they just write/release a
> patch without contributing to the asterisk codebase? ie, have they
> submitted the patch to the bug tracker *AND* signed the disclaimer.

In most other open-source projects there is no difference between 
releasing a patch and contributing to the codebase because the 
maintainers immediately take that patch and commit it to the codebase 
after adequate review and editing.

The disclaimer is really a Digium (well, "Linux Support Services, 
Inc.") thing more than it is an Asterisk thing.

If there were a competitive fork of Asterisk (gasp!) out there, then 
those codebase maintainers could accept Broadvoice's released patch as 
a contribution and commit it to the codebase without any said 
disclaimer.

So the dilemma of patch release vs. contribution isn't really a 
Broadvoice's issue, it's Digium's.

Lee.