[asterisk-users] Sangoma vs Digium: (was Re: ping too)

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Friday 05 October 2007 15:08:56 Brian West wrote:
> On Oct 5, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > When you contribute code to Asterisk, you retain ownership of your
> > code.  You
> > are NOT disclaiming the contribution; you are LICENSING the
> > contribution.
> > This is an important legal distinction, and all too often, it gets
> > muddled by
> > people who either do not understand the distinction or have
> > ulterior motives.
>
> The distinction doesn't matter because in the end they can do what
> ever they want with the code you disclaim to them.  The whole thing
> is very political and pointless to hash over and over again.

It doesn't matter in Digium's case, but it does matter for the other
99.999% of the businesses out there.  If anybody else uses your code
without following the licensing restrictions, you have the ability to
prosecute those violations.  Had you DISCLAIMED your code, you would
have no right to do anything (in fact, you'd have no copyright).

-- 
Tilghman