On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Paul Belanger <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 13-12-11 03:15 PM, Steve Murphy wrote: > >> I see the following paragraph in the Asterisk trunk LICENSE file: >> >> "In addition, Asterisk implements two management/control protocols: the >> Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and the Asterisk Gateway Interface >> (AGI). It is our belief that applications using these protocols to >> manage or control an Asterisk instance do not have to be licensed >> under the GPL or a compatible license, as we believe these protocols >> do not create a 'derivative work' as referred to in the GPL. However, >> should any court or other judiciary body find that these protocols do >> fall under the terms of the GPL, then we hereby grant you a license to >> use these protocols in combination with Asterisk in external >> applications licensed under any license you wish." >> >> This probably originated some years ago, and I wonder if Digium or the >> Asterisk >> community might consider adding the OTHER management/control protocols to >> this >> list: ARI, and the ExternalIVR interface. >> >> If not, it might be instructive to learn why! >> >> Would also like to see this update to include ARI. We talked a little > about it at astridevcon, and I think it is likely an oversight. > > It isn't an oversight. It's on my ToDo list (and this item is an action item on the wiki as well). We had the Thanksgiving holiday; then I was out last week at AdhearsionConf (great conference!). The licensing file will get updated before 12 is released. As an aside, we also had conversations about it on the asterisk-app-dev list [1], where I responded that I would get answers to the licensing questions. Granted, it has been much longer than a week or two - mea culpa on a bad time estimate. [1] http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-app-dev/2013-October/000127.html Matt -- Matthew Jordan Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org
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