On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Matthew Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > > ​Many thanks, Matt for this info! -- Steve Murphy
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