Thanks Damjan. Can i do this case. my staff go to customer site and install asterisk (or callweaver). after that they copy comercial and closesource module (like a billing or ivr) in to the box I can do right ?
Dome C. On 5/23/07, Damjan Jovanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 12:28 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can someone tell me about GPL License ? > > Why digium can sell g729 comercial module ? > > They sell you a licence to the g729 patent. You can legally use the > other (free and open-source) g729 libraries in countries where g729 > isn't patented, or if you buy patent licences yourself (which is > expensive, because the smallest quantity you can buy is tens of > thousands). > > > Nor effect to Asterisk GPL license ? > > > same case some company make linux kernel module and distribute under > > comercial license > > The GPL governs DISTRIBUTION, not USAGE. You can't DISTRIBUTE commercial > software mixed with GPL software (a Linux distro can't ship nVidia's > closed-source kernel module because the kernel is GPL) but you can USE > GPL software any way you like (you can download nVidia's kernel module > and install it yourself). > > Similarly a company that mixes GPL and commercial closed-source software > internally does not have to follow the GPL, but if they give it to > anyone else (ie. distribute it) they do. > > > Thanks. > > > > Dome C. > > Damjan > > > _______________________________________________ > Callweaver-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev > _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
