[Asterisk-Dev] code theft again?
Matthew Boehm
mboehm at cytelcom.com
Tue Jul 12 12:47:06 MST 2005
Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> It would be helpful for those of us with significant code contributions
> to know what the status is for some of these GPL and copyright
> violations. For example, the SysMaster code is long known to be
> infringing, yet there's been no information back from Digium as to
> what they are actually doing about it. Even a "we're currently in
> negotiations" or "they have not yet purchased a business license
> to the code" would be better than nothing.
>
> As it stands, we're left wondering if we should file lawsuits
> independently of Digium for these copyright violations.
>
I'm wondering too. While I have disclaimed my code for res_config_mysql
to digium, what effect does that have on some company like this? I'm
100% sure that my boss (the company owner) wouldn't want my work being
used in this way.
-Matthew
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