Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-30 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 02:52:24PM -0400, Paul Belanger wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Richard Kenner wrote: And this certainly may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For a (quite dated at this point)

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-29 Thread Paul Belanger
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Richard Kenner wrote: And this certainly may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For a (quite dated at this point) discussion of this issue from a US perspective, see

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-29 Thread Richard Kenner
If you really want to do it: 1) create a wrapper to asterisk -r 2) pipe the welcome message to /dev/null 3) ??? 4) profit you didn't modify Asterisk. No you didn't, but you may neverthess have created a derived work. There are two different legal arguments you can make when two pieces

[asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Haider Khalil
Hello Experts, I want to know if there is any way to modify welcome banner on asterisk console when I connect using asterisk -r Thanks,Haider -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Thorsten Göllner
Am 28.03.2014 10:32, schrieb Haider Khalil: Hello Experts, I want to know if there is any way to modify welcome banner on asterisk console when I connect using asterisk -r Hi, did you compile asterisk from source? Take a look at main/asterisk.c (line 174 in asterisk v 11.5.1). I think

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Haider Khalil
Thank you so much everyone, I think I understand all I need for this. Haider To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com From: kevin.lar...@pioneerballoon.com Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:18:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com wrote on 03/28

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread A J Stiles
On Friday 28 Mar 2014, Haider Khalil wrote: Thank you Thorsten Göllner. Matthew, What does violating license of Asterisk means ? Does it means I won't be able to use any commercial modules or asterisk commercially ? I thought it was open and anyone can change the code ? Haider Nothing,

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Richard Kenner
Modifying a program you have legitimately acquired is Fair Dealing. The Law of the Land gives you the right to do that, even if the vendor restricts your exercise of that right in practice by withholding the Source Code. That is false. Modifying a program is creating a derivative work. As

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Haider Khalil
...@digium.com To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Thorsten Göllner t...@ovm-group.com wrote: Am 28.03.2014 10:32, schrieb Haider Khalil: Hello Experts, I want

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Kevin Larsen
asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com wrote on 03/28/2014 10:51:13 AM: From: Haider Khalil haiderkha...@hotmail.com Thank you Thorsten Göllner. Matthew, What does violating license of Asterisk means ? Does it means I won't be able to use any commercial modules or asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread John Novack
Richard Kenner wrote: Modifying a program you have legitimately acquired is Fair Dealing. The Law of the Land gives you the right to do that, even if the vendor restricts your exercise of that right in practice by withholding the Source Code. That is false. Modifying a program is creating a

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Matthew Jordan
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Thorsten Göllner t...@ovm-group.com wrote: Am 28.03.2014 10:32, schrieb Haider Khalil: Hello Experts, I want to know if there is any way to modify welcome banner on asterisk console when I connect using asterisk -r Hi, did you compile asterisk from

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Richard Kenner
What does violating license of Asterisk means? Does it means I won't be able to use any commercial modules or asterisk commercially? I thought it was open and anyone can change the code? Anyone *can* change the code. But it's licensed software, just like most other software. The difference

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Richard Kenner
Of course, any good attorney will never commit to anything. They will never say it is alright to do X, unless X is do nothing No, but a good attorney can give guidance as to likely expectations. As you say, nobody can be sure of something even if it's previously been established law, but a

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk CLI Banner

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Edwards
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Richard Kenner wrote: And this certainly may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For a (quite dated at this point) discussion of this issue from a US perspective, see http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyPubsPDF.php?facID=346pubID=157 The