[Asterisk-Users] RE: Ebay listing selling Asterisk @ Home andAMPfor over 1000 dollars

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

I put the Who? in Mishehu wrote:

> It is alright to sell hardware, and it is alright to sell labor when 
> dealing with open source software.  But selling licensing on something 
> that does not exist (extension licensing???) is wrong.

No, it's not wrong as long as the code remains GPL'ed and you don't put 
any additional clauses to the license.

> What if somebody started charging extra licensing to use the include 
> music tracks for MOH?

As long as you're not linking code to the GPL it's perfectly fine I think...

> Also, I do believe that if Digium and the other software copyright 
> holders are concerned about not receiving the due credit for any 
> purported use of their software in this ebay listing, I do believe 
> there are legal remedies available.

I don't think the GPL obliges you to "give credit" to anybody. All you 
need to do is make sure you redistribute the software under the GPL only 
and that you provide the source code along with your product.

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.

-- 
Ykoz Un Max - La VoIP en pré-payé!
Essayez gratuitement - 5 crédits offerts.
---> http://ykoz.net/voip/max <---