[asterisk-users] Is Asterisk really good?? (added, What is ViciDial??)
Matt Florell
astmattf at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 14:56:26 CDT 2008
On 4/14/08, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:24:02PM -0400, Matt Florell wrote:
> > > > As for contributed code, we require a statement of "this is my code
> > > > and the project can use it and redistribute it" from the author.
> > > > Nothing very detailed at the moment because there are not many code
> > > > contributors and the project is entirely GPL-based and is not
> > > > dual-licensed.
> > >
> > > Yeah; I was just worried about someone getting pissy about your
> > > relicensing from GPL to AGPL. Not that I expect it or anything... :-)
> >
> > I am fairly surprised that I have not heard a single negative comment
> > about it from any members of our VICIDIAL community or anywhere else.
>
>
> Well, I'm not, actually... the people who *like* the GPL (that's,
> y'know, everyone except Trixter :-) would be more inclined to like
> AGPL, I would think; it merely extends the letter to better reflect the
> spirit -- which a lot of people think GPl3 does *not* do...
>
>
> > There are actually other web-based projects that are moving to it as
> > well(which is how I originally heard about it) and since it became an
> > official OSI-approved Open Source License along with the special
> > provisions that GPL made allowing for AGPL compatibility, there are
> > more people talking about it in the last few months.
>
>
> If OSI approved it don't *they* then have the "official" language?
Yes and no, they have the official language for AGPLv3, but not AGPLv2
which is the actual license that they first approved on March 12th. I
can't find the exact version 2 draft that they approved, since it
seems that they moved immediately to post version 3 on their website
and just skipped version 2.
MATT---
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