[Dundi] Fwd: Re: VoIP peering & routing protocols (revisited)

[John Todd]

This is a closed list, so I will re-forward:

>Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:59:55 -0400
>To: John Todd <jtodd at loligo.com>, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
>From: Richard Shockey <richard at shockey.us>
>Subject: Re: VoIP peering & routing protocols (revisited)
>Cc: voip-peering at psg.com, dundi at lists.digium.com
>
>At 01:53 AM 4/20/2005, John Todd wrote:
>
>>At 11:15 AM -1000 on 4/19/05, Randy Bush wrote:
>>>does DUNDi not have the additional problem of not being open-license?
>>>
>>>randy
>>
>>While I am not familiar with the intricacies of GPL vs. limited GPL 
>>vs. [fill in license X], I will say that the DUNDi protocol was 
>>developed with the intention of becoming an RFC, so I would hope 
>>that the intent was to make the protocol a license-free effort, 
>>even though there is certainly good precedent for that not being 
>>the case on other standards proposals <coughMICROSOFTcough>.
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>
>The Asterisk folks have not submited a draft as a proposed working 
>group item in ENUM where it would logically come.
>
>And as the co-chair of the ENUM WG IMHO the WG would have no problem 
>looking at it.
>
>>   While the Asterisk implementation of DUNDi may currently be under 
>>the Asterisk/Digium modified/limited GPL, I don't know if the 
>>protocol itself is under the same license scheme.  I would suspect 
>>"No", but simple questions like this tend to take up far too much 
>>time on various mailing lists, so no assumption is safe.  I 
>>typically delete those conversation threads, as they typically 
>>contain hysteria, ignorance, or arrogance in varying blends and 
>>quantities.  I would suggest that everyone who has an interest in 
>>such things to talk to a lawyer for firm determination thereof, or 
>>move to a country where such questions are legally irrelevant.
>>
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