[asterisk-users] Audiocodes GPL

[Anselm Martin Hoffmeister]

Am Mittwoch, den 17.01.2007, 07:38 +0800 schrieb Leo Ann Boon:
> Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
> > I have some Audiocodes units which appear to be running Linux,
> > according to the unit's own "System Log"
> >
> > kern.warn Linux version 2.4.21openrg-rmk1 #2 Wed Aug 30 17:05:29 IDT 2006
> >
> Googling turns up:
> http://www.jungo.com/openrg/openrg.html
> 
> OpenRG is a Linux based device platform. So, Audiocodes probably 
> licensed it from Jungo.
> 
> Just because the unit runs Linux, doesn't necessarily imply that there's 
> a GPL violation.

Surely not. Linux is intented to be used in proprietary hardware,
applications et cetera.

But, if I am not mistaken, if a device uses any GPL'd software, this
must be clearly stated by the vendor, a copy of the GPL must be handed
along with the device and you have the right to obtain a copy of all
open source source code files involved in the project, for a marginal
charge.

Outright denial of the usage of Linux in such a device seems to not
comply with that.

If you intend to pursue this, you could try to find information on
www.gpl-violations.org (and no, this is not an organisation that helps
to violate the GPL ;-)

BR
Anselm