Le mercredi 16 octobre 2013 à 00:34 -0400, zanag...@aol.com a écrit : > Hello folks. > > I just joined this forum in hopes that you all would be so kind as to > help me answer a couple questions. > > > First, in case this is helpful information in answering my questions: > > I am looking to use my home PC to: (1) make outgoing phone calls to > others with land lines and mobile phones; and to: (2) receive incoming > phone calls from others with land lines and mobile phones. > > > My first question: > > I saw the GNU license for Ekiga at: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > > (I apologize if the answer to my next question is there. I wasn't > able to find it.) > > Can you please tell me if it is permissible under the Ekiga use > license to use the Ekiga software & Ekiga soft phone to make/receive > phone calls with my home PC (as stated above) for the purposes of > seeking/soliciting and conducting business (for a self-employed > independent freelance home-based business)? > > Yes, you can. In fact this licence grant you the right to use this software for any purpose.
Here is the license : https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/tree/COPYING?id=EKIGA_4_0_1 The interesting part for you is : "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does." > And my next questions: > > I hope you don't mind my asking -- If Diamondcard has its own soft > phone, then do I still require the Ekiga software & Ekiga soft phone? Any software using the SIP protocol will do, no matter if endorsed by diamondcard.us. But please consider you are then using 2 thing : the ekiga software and a service provided by diamondcard. You should check if diamondcard is suitable for your activity. Ekiga and diamondcard are not directly related. > > If not, what would be the benefits of using the Ekiga software & Ekiga > soft phone over using the Diamondcard software & Diamondcard soft > phone? (assuming that what I would use it for was to be limited to > what I stated above towards the beginning of this e-mail) > It's up to you to do the comparison and find what better suits you. We are committed to standards. Best regards, Yannick > > Thanks much! > Glen from Illinois, USA > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > ekiga-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
