Nailed it to the point Matt +1 on.this entire philosophy of open source.

Mitul
On Oct 14, 2013 7:19 PM, "Matthew Jordan" <mjor...@digium.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:06 PM, CDR <vene...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> <snip>
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>> I need Digium to store this IP in the CDR. I will be honest with the
>> government and let them know that my tool is incapable of saving lives
>> or safeguarding our national security because nobody thought about
>> this.
>> PD: I am not paying for a patch, since this is huge burden on a small
>> company like mine, with a single employee, and also because the whole
>> world will enjoy the benefit. It is not fair that I would have to hire
>> somebody to patch Asterisk.
>> I appeal to Digium to patch Asterisk.
>>
>
> I won't comment any further on the technical aspects of what you are
> looking for; others have already pointed out how various portions of SIP
> messages can be stored in CDRs and how these portions of the SIP messages
> are (a) actually of more use than the media IP address in the SDP and (b)
> meet the requirements being levied by your use case.
>
> That aside, I do think it is important to note here that Asterisk does
> not, by default, have a warranty. This is clearly enumerated in sections 10
> and 11 of the GPLv2 license included with Asterisk [1]:
>
>     NO WARRANTY
>
>   11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
> FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
> OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
> PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
> OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
> TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
> PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
> REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
>
>   12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
> WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
> REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
> INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
> OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
> TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
> YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
> PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
> POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
>
>      END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
>
> As you are using software licensed free of charge under the GPLv2, there
> is no obligation by anyone in the community or at Digium to provide you
> with a patch. If you require assistance, there are many avenues you can
> choose to pursue to gain such assistance. Just as you profit by running
> Asterisk, others profit by customizing and supporting the Asterisk project.
> Asterisk is lucky to have many such talented developers who can assist you
> with such a development effort. If you really require this functionality, I
> highly suggest that you look to hire said developers to help you with this
> feature request [2].
>
> [1] http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/branches/11/COPYING
>
> [2] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Bug+Bounties
>
> Matt
>
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