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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've just read through the voip-info link and the GPL
FAQ.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My professional (but not formally legal) interpretation
would be:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>As long as the none-GPL program or module is a separate
entity and not actually compiled in to another program, you can consider the two
licences seperately.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You must comply with both the GPL and the other program's
licence, but there is no cross-connection between the two
licences.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you can install g729 without recompiling asterisk and
remove it again without breaking asterisk (other than g729 support, of course)
then the GPL 'Mere aggregation' clause should apply.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If the two together truly 'combined two modules into one
program' Asterisk would not operate at all with the g729 module
removed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I think a good parallel is the Nvidia linux display driver.
This is a binary-only, none GPL package but Nvidia specifically allow the Linux
version to be freely copied as long as it is not modified.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Selling a PC that has Linux installed plus the Nvidia
driver would not breach the GPL as long as you seperately comply
with the GPL for Linux, and the installed Nvidia code is unmodified so the
distribution is permitted by their licence conditions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you wanted to be absolutely beyond any comebacks from
the customer, you could include a declaration that different parts of the system
are covered by different copyrights and licences - the Linux OS itself, any
installed none-GPL drivers, the PC BIOS, Video BIOS etc. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(Come to that, I've never seen any claims that Linux
violates the GPL by interacting with the PC BIOS & Video BIOS as it must
while booting, and they are most certainly none GPL!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=550411713-30072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Robert Jenkins.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lacy
Moore - Aspendora<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 July 2006 02:27<BR><B>To:</B> Asterisk
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[asterisk-users] Asterisk/GPL and G.729 licensing<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Geez. This is starting to sound like Microsoft
licensing.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/29/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Tzafrir
Cohen</B> <<A
href="mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com">tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On
Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 03:32:20PM +1000, Nick Hoffman wrote:<BR>> Hi guys.
I just stumbled upon<BR>> <A
href="http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+G.729+Licensing">http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+G.729+Licensing</A>
and<BR>> read the section titled "Warning". I'm a bit confused now. Are
you <BR>> violating the GPL (or any other license) if you sell a computer
with<BR>> Asterisk and a G.729 license installed?<BR><BR>Dislcaimer:
IANALATINALA<BR><BR>Asterisk can be used under three different
licenses:<BR><BR>1. non-free: if you py Digium. Not relevant here.<BR><BR>2.
The GNU GPL. The problem is that the GPL has a conflict with<BR>openh323,
openssl (at least according to some people) and to any code<BR>whose
redistribution is prohibited due to patentns ( e.g:
g723.1/g729<BR>codecs)<BR><BR>3. Modified GPL. The GNU GPL with some small
exceptions. Those allow<BR>linking with openssl, openh323 and with patented
code.<BR><BR>So as long as you actually use (3) and not (2) and don't
violate the <BR>terms of the licenses for the code you actually want to
redistribute<BR>(e.g: read caefully the license of the 'register' utility)
you should<BR>probably be clear.<BR><BR>Some modules have a license that is
only GPL (() and not (3)). Those <BR>include the mysql module from addons
(right?) and probably quite a few<BR>third-party modules. You are not
allowed to use both such a module and<BR>the g729 codec on the same Asterisk
system because it would violate<BR>either the terms of (2) (the g729 module
adds restrictions that conflict<BR>with the GPL) or with the GPL terms of
thoe modules (the modified GPL<BR>adds restrictions that conflict with the
original GPL license).<BR><BR>-- <BR>Tzafrir
Cohen <A
href="mailto:sip:tzafrir@local.xorcom.com">sip:tzafrir@local.xorcom.com</A><BR>icq#16849755 <A
href="mailto:iax:tzafrir@local.xorcom.com">iax:tzafrir@local.xorcom.com</A><BR>+972-50-7952406
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href="mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com">tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com</A>
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