> Hey All, > > Isn't it possible that part of the commercial licenses that is offered is > that you (the buyer) are not required to advertise, disclose, or even admit > that your products offerings are based on an open source project? > > What other reason would one have for buying a commercial license for an OS > piece of software?
In this industry? Lots. Let's start with linking it to a non-GPL- compatible codec, move on to linking it with a propietary configuration and management system, and end up at creatively finding a reason to fund the development of an open source software project while simultaneously obtaining a licensing model for your company that doesn't make lawyers cringe. That's three good reasons that have nothing to do with it, and I didn't even think much about it. There are plenty of reasonable reasons that one might do it. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
