[Asterisk-Users] Vonage

[denon]

You might want to think of it as using a cd of software, without the 
key.  The ATA is the transport for their software, and the license is the 
key.  Just because you have someone else's CD, (or more applicable, you buy 
a media kit for something you don't have a license for.) doesn't mean it's 
legal to use it.   You paid for the media kit, but yet it's not legal to 
use the software.

Now, I don't necessarily endorse cisco's licensing policy (in fact, I think 
it stinks, but I'll abide anyway), but seeing as though they think their 
firmware is the valued product, and it won't run on just any hardware, 
they're just distributing it in their media of choice -- an ata box.

*shrugs* .. my 2 cents, dont spend it all at cisco. :)

denon

At 09:42 PM 2/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>supplying a device with software you are not supposed to use is one thing.
>
>installing pirated software on a device is a totally different ball of wax.
>
>Is the cisco software supplied on the device ? if so the licence is silly 
>at best.
>If you have to find a copy of the cisco software and install it explicitly 
>that is different.
>
>I am not clear now which we are talking about.
>
>
>At 06:22 PM 2/24/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 17:46, Jon Pounder wrote:
>> > What would you think if I sold you a screw and told you, you could 
>> only hit
>> > it with a hammer unless you bought the screwdriver licence ?
>> >
>> > You would think I am an idiot and use the screwdriver anyway. Same thing
>> > here. A feature restricting licence for hardware is a moronic concept.
>>
>>It's not the hardware, its the software.  Presumably, if someone made
>>their own SIP stack for the ATA186, you could load it without needing
>>the Cisco license.  Of course, that's not an easy matter to do  :)
>>
>>Without the software, the Cisco is just hardware.  The software license
>>makes your use of the software legal.
>>
>>Again, the licensing of the Vonage in a Box included ATA186 is something
>>each person has to decide for themselves.    I'm just putting the facts
>>out there, because they should be known.  What you do once you know is
>>entirely on you.
>>
>>--
>>William Walsh <william at wxw.org>
>>Jabber: william at wxw.biz
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