It is alright to sell hardware, and it is alright to sell labor when
dealing with open source software. But selling licensing on something
that does not exist (extension licensing???) is wrong. What if somebody
started charging extra licensing to use the include music tracks for
MOH? Also, I do believe that if Digium and the other software copyright
holders are concerned about not receiving the due credit for any
purported use of their software in this ebay listing, I do believe there
are legal remedies available.
-mishehu
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Simple question...."so what?" It may be easier to setup "to you", but it is
mind boggingly difficult for others. Extensions, Ring Groups, Trunks, Dial
Plans, PSTN, POTS, PRI, etc can start to make many people's eyes gloss over.
That is the beauty of this business. I am in independent consultant, do you
feel it is wrog for me to sell an Asterisk system to a client to solve their
business needs? Who knows, I might have started selling pre-configured boxes
on eBay myself except looking through completed items shows that while he
has been selling that box for sometime, he has never had a single bid on
one. And its NOT because its based on open source, PBX's in general do not
sell very well if at all on eBay as it is a function of "the phone guy" to
recommend a system to his clients.
With Asterisk, the "phone guy" can now be the "computer guy" and can handle
both systems. But anyone that thinks it is immoral in some way for me to
make a living off if it is crazy. How many Linux admins are employed out
there? Shouldn't they give their time away because Linux is open source?
What about Dell selling servers with Linux installed? Should they give away
the servers? So why should a phone system be any different?
Kerry
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