Nicholas Bachmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Miroslav Nachev wrote: > > I can't find anywhere on the Asterisk web the license terms for > > commercial use of Asterisk software. Do I have to pay something > > (and how much) if I want to use the Asterisk in our IP PBX solutions? > > > > From a README: > * LICENSING > Asterisk is distributed under GNU General Public License. The GPL also > must apply to all loadable modules as well, except as defined below. > > Digium, Inc. (formerly Linux Support Services) retains copyright to all > of the core Asterisk system, and therefore can grant, at its sole > discretion, the ability for companies, individuals, or organizations to > create proprietary or Open Source (but non-GPL'd) modules which may be > dynamically linked at runtime with the portions of Asterisk which fall > under our copyright umbrella, or are distributed under more flexible > licenses than GPL. > > If you wish to use our code in other GPL programs, don't worry -- there > is no requirement that you provide the same exemption in your GPL'd > products (although if you've written a module for Asterisk we would > strongly encourage you to make the same exemption that we do). > As he said, the non-GPL licensing terms are not published. I imagine that means that they are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
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