[asterisk-users] Response to KP Flemming...

[Aaron Daniel]

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 02:31 -0700, Joe Shmoe wrote:
> You say its not your code.  But yet, why would you
> actually admit to one of your own leaking it.  Well
> some research has been done one the code.. here's what
> we found.. 
> 
> the g723.1 library code that was posted matches the
> library code distributed by Digium and committed to
> CVS by Mark in March 2003, with the one exception that
> the tab_lpc.c file that was distributed by the poster
> had CRLF line endings in it, where the one from Digium
> CVS had only LF endings.  The module code was
> identical to:
> http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk/trunk/codecs/codec_g723_1.c?rev=5869&view=markup
> 
> Also if you want to know if Digium fully complies the
> the GPL no.  They dont.  Digium has added a paragraph
> of text under the symbol ASTERISK_GPL_KEY in
> include/asterisk/module.h which every Asterisk module
> must return when a function *key() is called by the
> module loader. This paragraph makes a claim that
> modules must only be released under the GPL license,
> not any other license, which excludes GPL compatible
> licensing and thereby constitutes an additional
> restriction which is explicitly prohibited by section
> 7 of the GPL. see
> http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Lexmark_v_Static_Control/20041026_Ruling.pdf
> for additional information on this type of activity
> and generally why that paragraph cant even be legally
> copyrighted (at least in America, where digium is
> based).
> 
> Missed the link for the Codec's?  Here ya go!  
> 
> http://s6.quicksharing.com/v/6876458/_codec.tgz.html

If you're going to cause flamewars and be a general ass on the mailing
list, you might as well be an adult and become an active participant in
the discussion.

Better yet, I think I'll do what you did and create a fake email with a
fake name so no one will know when I send a real email asking how to
push the power button :)
-- 
Aaron Daniel
Computer Systems Technician
Sam Houston State University
amdtech at shsu.edu
(936) 294-4198