[Asterisk-Users] RE: Business Edition

[Adam Goryachev]

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 18:18 +0100, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> Adam Goryachev [mailinglists at websitemanagers.com.au] wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 04:15 +0100, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> > > For this reason, I believe that if a fork were
> > > ever necessary, it would struggle to beat a distinct path away from
> > > the Asterisk Binary Edition
> > Correct, until the point where there is MORE features being added to the
> > forked version of asterisk than the digium version of asterisk.
> That can't happen, because the ABE could, and probably would, absorb
> all of the advances in the fork, while forging ahead with the
> original.

Since the fork would be GPL only, if ABE 'absorbed' the new features,
then it would 'become' GPL, and therefore would need to be released as
GPL, and hence would no longer by ABE :) So, that can't happen. Any
other ideas?

> > The *average* feeling of the community is that they are happy with
> > the status quo.
> The status quo has been disrupted with the unveiling of the Asterisk
> Binary Edition.

ABE was released ages ago (feels that way) with a small minority group
who kicked up a stink and then promptly went back to their caves. Just
as you are now kicking up a new stink, this will probably happen every
few months, and hopefully I won't feel inclined to reply next time (nor
will anybody else) as we all learn to just ignore the people who simply
want to re-hash old non-arguments...

You have had your say, you have heard all the people who agree with you
(was there any?) and now we can all carry on as before. When you start
your fork, feel free to announce it, and we shall see where it goes. (I
suspect the same place as the MSN chatroom or forum or whatever it was
for asterisk that was recently announced :)

Regards,
Adam