[asterisk-users] Audiocodes GPL

[Cullin J. Wible]

There is nothing in the GPL that prohibits you from selling the software
(RedHat Software). There is also nothing stops a sales person from denying
it.

They must provide a copy of the GPL and they must give you the source code
and related modifications if you ask (not sure if you have). There are other
terms and depending on who you ask, lots of interpretation.

If you truly believe there is a violation (which I doubt) you should contact
the Free Software Foundation - they wrote the license.

Cullin

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Anselm Martin
Hoffmeister
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:48 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Audiocodes GPL

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

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