[Asterisk-Users] Re: Advice on OS Choice

Ray maillists at sonictech.net
Fri Oct 15 08:41:29 MST 2004


On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:11:33PM +0100, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> Perhaps "steal" was a bit harsh then.  Maybe I should have said Apple,
> Microsoft and others "close the source with no compensation nor
> recognition given to the original authors, as allowed by the stupid BSD
> license."  It's the authors' fault really.  They live and learn.  Perhaps
> they'll use the GPL next time.

If the authors released their software under a BSD license then they
INTENDED to allow this sort of use (advertising clause aside).  I prefer the
GPL too but there is nothing "stupid" about using a BSD style license.

-- 
Ray



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