[Asterisk-Users] Vonage

[William X Walsh]

On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 18:55, Jon Pounder wrote:
> ok so here is a more correct analogy.
> 
> what if a company like gateway decided for its own lazyiness they were 
> going to build every system they sell the same way and install linux and 
> windows on the harddrive. If they sell you a linux system you are not 
> allowed to boot it in windows.
> 
> would you be prepared to call them morons ? This software took a long time 
> to develop as well. If it is not part of the package sold it should not be 
> there.
> 
> if they don't want you using software/firmware, it should not be shipped on 
> a piece of hardware, or features should be introduced to disable it for 
> other than the licenced use.


In this case it is being sold for licensed use, but the license holder
is not the buyer of the Vonage-In-A-Box package, the licensee is Vonage.

This subject is being beaten into the ground enough.  The bottom line is
that the software is unlicensed, each person has to decide if they can
fit that into their own ethics or not.  If it is ok with you, fine, if
it isn't, then you explore other options.

But no amount of debating on here will resolve the fact that it IS
unlicensed.

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William Walsh <william at wxw.org>
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