http://kannel.org/license.shtml
You can sell any part of the software distributed under the Kannel Software License as long as you abide by the conditions set forth in that document. And, unlike the GPL, you are not required to contribute your changes back to the project. If you are not familiar with how open source licenses work, I'd recommend looking here: http://www.opensource.org/ On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Stipe Tolj <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 09.11.2010 14:01, schrieb Imran Aghayev: >> Hi, >> I've just found on the internet something called >> http://www.thearchitech.com/kannel-smpp-v3-4-server >> >> They say that it is smppbox and they sell it. Is it same smppbox as the one >> available through CVS or it is something else ? > > Hi, > > let me clarify here: > > What you refer to is the Kannel SMPP v3.4 server (smppbox) that I provide > under > a commercial add-on license. The above is the offering from Donald Jackson, > who > is also a Kannel group member and is entitled to re-sell licenses for the > Kannel > SMPP v3.4 server (smppbox). > > The Kannel opensmppbox is an open sourced SMPP server originally developed by > Rene Kluwen, who is also a Kannel group member. The opensmppbox is available > via > our SVN repository. > > So what's the difference? > > A lot! The opensmppbox is handy for very basic tasks, but lacks all the > extended > capabilities that the commercial smppbox has, which is developed continuously > since more then 8 years. > > Here are some statistics to give you an impression about the difference > impact: > > Kannel opensmppbox: > <caption>Source line statistics 2010-11-09</caption> > <tr> <td>Number of files<td> <td>4</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Lines total</td> <td>2897</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Non-empty lines</td> <td>2573</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Lines with semicolons</td><td>1069</td></tr> > > Kannel smppbox: > <caption>Source line statistics 2010-11-09</caption> > <tr> <td>Number of files<td> <td>139</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Lines total</td> <td>71149</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Non-empty lines</td> <td>46294</td></tr> > <tr> <td>Lines with semicolons</td><td>17772</td></tr> > >> Also same guys sell something called Elite SMS Gateway >> http://www.elite-sms-software.com/core-system/smpp-server-api >> >> It seems they are trying to make money on smppbox and kannel? Is it legal ? > > Elite SMS gateway is aka arch.tech, which is entitled by me to provide Kannel > SMPP v3.4 server (smppbox) licensing. > > So, everything fine here. Nevertheless, thanks a lot for your awareness. > > Stipe > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kölner Landstrasse 419 > 40589 Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany > > tolj.org system architecture Kannel Software Foundation (KSF) > http://www.tolj.org/ http://www.kannel.org/ > > mailto:st_{at}_tolj.org mailto:stolj_{at}_kannel.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
