does anyone have knopsterisk for download, I assume that because its GPL the creator of that iso cant restrict spreading it. A friend wanted it to play on a box and the only thing I can find with google is the knopsterisk.com site which wants $10 to get a copy and does not provide (as far as I can tell) any free distribution access which is his/hers/its/them/they/whatever right (being politically correct is hard). If there is some distribution problem with doing this then I would also appreciate hearing why it cant be distroed by 3rd parties. Thanks -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050515/e2e1f1fb/attachment.pgp
trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:>does anyone have knopsterisk for download, I assume that because its GPL >the creator of that iso cant restrict spreading it. A friend wanted it >to play on a box and the only thing I can find with google is the >knopsterisk.com site which wants $10 to get a copy and does not provide >(as far as I can tell) any free distribution access which is >his/hers/its/them/they/whatever right (being politically correct is >hard). > >If there is some distribution problem with doing this then I would also >appreciate hearing why it cant be distroed by 3rd parties. > >Thanks > >The website says "/*Now with Asterisk Version 1.0!" which makes me wonder how many they have sold. Also makes me wonder if the knoppix part is very up to date. They don't mention licensing/copyright anywhere. We can figure that all the software is on the CD is under free licensing but all they have to do is add a single readme file with a restricted license or copyright and you make identical copies of the CD. I would first try contacting them and get those details. You also want to know where the source is because there might be some modifications they made to knoppix packages or the packages they added. I think you would be better off to make a knoppix CD, boot it and get * installed and running. After that read the following and maybe you can create something better to share with the world. http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto */
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 17:49 -0400, Paul wrote:> I think you would be better off to make a knoppix CD, boot it and get * > installed and running. After that read the following and maybe you can > create something better to share with the world.Unfortunately that wont help my friend who wanted to play but not reformat his disk. I already have a debian system running asterisk, so I personally wouldnt get anything (other than having to redo all my configs :P I just didnt know if it was restricted in any way which would prevent someone else who had a copy from making it available, and if someone on here does have a copy if they could make it available, in the hopes that maybe today my friend could download it. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050515/8407774b/attachment.pgp
trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:> does anyone have knopsterisk for download, I assume that because its GPL > the creator of that iso cant restrict spreading it. A friend wanted it > to play on a box and the only thing I can find with google is the > knopsterisk.com site which wants $10 to get a copy and does not provide > (as far as I can tell) any free distribution access which is > his/hers/its/them/they/whatever right (being politically correct is > hard).The GPL does allow the creator to charge a redistribution charge... it doesn't require free distribution (which would be a bit harsh for some projects - bandwidth isn't free, and CDs/Burners certainly aren't). The CD may contain items of proprietary software - until recently SuSE was like this, and Redhat RHEL still is. In that case you can redistribute most of the contents of the CD but not the CD itself (ie. not a working copy, especially if the proprietary part is the installer). In that case your option is to strip the GPL parts and build a new distribution, wait for someone to do the same, or pay for a copy. If it doesn't contain proprietary parts, and all its contents are freely licensed, just find someone who's paid for a copy and dupicate it/download it from them. Tony