Thank you so much everyone, I think I understand all I need for this. Haider
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:18:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner [email protected] wrote on 03/28/2014 10:51:13 AM: > From: Haider Khalil <[email protected]> > > Thank you Thorsten Göllner. > > Matthew, > > What does violating license of Asterisk means ? Does it means I > won't be able to use any commercial modules or asterisk commercially > ? I thought it was open and anyone can change the code ? > > Haider I am neither a lawyer or a licensing expert, but the basics are that if you make such a change for your own internal use, you are probably fine. Example: You have 10 sites with Asterisk in them and at each site you have someone in your company who has to log into the CLI and do stuff. You change the header to pass them a message. This is probably (not going to guarantee this) going to be fine as it is not something you are releasing out into the wild nor are you selling it and making a profit from it. However, let's say you make a commercial project that uses Asterisk under the hood and you change the header to hide the fact that it uses Asterisk and that Digium has any ownership of the code. That would be not be okay in most, if not all cases. Basically, the code is open source, but it is still owned by Digium and they have specific rights that you have to be careful of in regards to licensing. If someone outside of your organization will ever be running the code you change, there are specific rules that have to be followed, including those that relate to releasing your changes to the code and to giving credit back to those who wrote the code your code is based on. Basically, Richard Kenner is spot on. If you are unclear, best to consult an attorney who specializes in this, especially if you are redistributing the altered code. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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