Neal Walton
2005-Apr-12 13:23 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] RE: Ebay listing selling Asterisk @ Home and AMPfor over 1000 dollars
Hi, The GPL is about _distributing code_. If someone takes some hardware and installs GPL code and lists the item on ebay, that is not the same as _distributing code_. If someone bids on the item, and the hardware containing the code is shipped to that person, then the code was distributed and the GPL notice must be sent with the code. I don't think there is any obligation to distribute the GPL notice _in advance_ of distributing the actual GPL code. The notice and the code can be distributed together at the same time. The source code must be provided on request, but doesn't have to be shipped with the binaries. Regards, Neal -----Original Message----- From: Robert Webb [SMTP:asterisk@ropeguru.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:35 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] RE: Ebay listing selling Asterisk @ Home and AMPfor over 1000 dollars On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:04:26 -0400 David Brodbeck <DavidB@mail.interclean.com> wrote:>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jean-Michel Hiver [mailto:jhiver@ykoz.net] > >> I don't think the GPL obliges you to "give credit" to >> anybody. > > In fact, I think that's a key difference between the GPL >and the BSD > license.Actually, the GPL does require credit to be given, at least in the sense that the source code is modified and not necessarily in the advertisement as I understand it. Please take a look at the Developers archive as there is an ongoing discussion about another distro that is for Windows that is also dealing with the GPL issue. I am not completely sure that this falls under the exact same category, but I believe it is really close. Just in this case it would probably deal more with AMP than Asterisk directly. But not having this sellers code, I connot confirm nor deny that this is the case. Can anyone chime in on whether or not this seller must provide the source code for what he is selling?? _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users