[asterisk-users] Is Asterisk really good?? (added, What is ViciDial??)

[Matt Florell]

On 4/14/08, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:24:02PM -0400, Matt Florell wrote:
>  > >  > As for contributed code, we require a statement of "this is my code
>  > >  > and the project can use it and redistribute it" from the author.
>  > >  > Nothing very detailed at the moment because there are not many code
>  > >  > contributors and the project is entirely GPL-based and is not
>  > >  > dual-licensed.
>  > >
>  > > Yeah; I was just worried about someone getting pissy about your
>  > >  relicensing from GPL to AGPL.  Not that I expect it or anything... :-)
>  >
>  > I am fairly surprised that I have not heard a single negative comment
>  > about it from any members of our VICIDIAL community or anywhere else.
>
>
> Well, I'm not, actually... the people who *like* the GPL (that's,
>  y'know, everyone except Trixter :-) would be more inclined to like
>  AGPL, I would think; it merely extends the letter to better reflect the
>  spirit -- which a lot of people think GPl3 does *not* do...
>
>
>  > There are actually other web-based projects that are moving to it as
>  > well(which is how I originally heard about it) and since it became an
>  > official OSI-approved Open Source License along with the special
>  > provisions that GPL made allowing for AGPL compatibility, there are
>  > more people talking about it in the last few months.
>
>
> If OSI approved it don't *they* then have the "official" language?

Yes and no, they have the official language for AGPLv3, but not AGPLv2
which is the actual license that they first approved on March 12th. I
can't find the exact version 2 draft that they approved, since it
seems that they moved immediately to post version 3 on their website
and just skipped version 2.

MATT---