[Asterisk-Dev] code theft again?

[Thorsten Lockert]

Daniel Pocock wrote:
> Maybe there needs to be a separate CVS repository for pure GPL  
> code.  People who want their code (and any derivitive works) to  
> stay in the public domain and avoid all this confusion and  
> commercial secrecy could put their code there.

Uh...  You do know that "GPL" and "public domain" are two *very*  
different animals, right?  And both are different again from "BSD"  
licensed too, incidentally.

Risking another flame war, "GPL" is actually the least "free" one --  
because it does *force* you to share source if you share binary.

> Of course, it would probably only work if entire modules were  
> written that way (eg, an entire channel driver or an entire codec  
> module).

But due to how Asterisk itself is licensed you must either license  
any module that loads into Asterisk proper under GPL, or you must  
have a commercial license from Digium which allows you to use  
different license forms.

Thorsten