[Asterisk-Users] SysMaster and GPL Violation (lets think before we

[Joe Greco]

> Hey All,
> 
> Isn't it possible that part of the commercial licenses that is offered is
> that you (the buyer) are not required to advertise, disclose, or even admit
> that your products offerings are based on an open source project?
> 
> What other reason would one have for buying a commercial license for an OS
> piece of software?

In this industry?  Lots.  Let's start with linking it to a non-GPL-
compatible codec, move on to linking it with a propietary configuration
and management system, and end up at creatively finding a reason to fund
the development of an open source software project while simultaneously
obtaining a licensing model for your company that doesn't make lawyers 
cringe.

That's three good reasons that have nothing to do with it, and I didn't
even think much about it.  There are plenty of reasonable reasons that one
might do it.

... JG
-- 
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.