On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 16:18 -0500, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > To be clear, all these distinctions mean that since JIAX was released > under GPL, applets derived from it are also under GPL if they're > embedded in a public webpage (not a private intranet accessible by only > members of the org that derived the new applet). So, according to the > GPL, the new applet's source code must be published with the same > distribution scope as the executable applet's distribution scope (eg. > the public Internet). > well yes/no, it could be that they are released on the internet but only after a successful auth so they can still require someone to pay to be able to download the code. There is a provision that you cant hide it really well, but it would still take someone *affected* to file a suit if someone didnt. You wouldnt be able to sue as a non-customer that you cant get the code if its only 'distributed' to customers on a post-auth basis.
Not one person has demonstrated that this was ever the case with this particular app. Thus its a moot point. The bigger point that seems to be glossed over is that if you wanted to do the same thing the modifications required are aparently trivial and could be done in 1-7 days. As a result if people really want this, it shouldnt be that hard to do. https://jain-sip-applet-phone.dev.java.net/ code is available on that page http://www.xcad.com/xcad/java_sip_multichannel.html I dont know what this is I am bored and dont feel like reading the page http://sip-communicator.org/ lgpl licensed java something http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsip gpl licensed java something http://w3.antd.nist.gov/it_voip.shtml your tax dollars at work, they have java tools for stuff Stuff is out there google is your friend, I found that in under 3 minutes including reading the pages (some :) and omiting ones that didnt seem to be distinct (several were built in jain). The effort so far seems to be not in implementing the technology but discussing it and licensing issues, which is fine - you should *fully* understand any license you opt into, what its benefits are (not hyped versions) and what its downsides are (*all* licenses have a downside of some sort). But if people really wanted these technologies they could have had it implemented by now :P -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
