Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Interface to propriotary system and GPL

2004-12-22 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Shahed wrote: Hi All, I am wondering if I will be breaking the GPL, if I write for example, a channel driver or make some modifications to the astrisk source code, to interface at RUN TIME, through sockets, with a proprietary system. First, a warning - I am NOT a lawyer. I don't play one on TV, ei

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Interface to propriotary system and GPL

2004-12-22 Thread Chris Albertson
If everything on the Aterisk side of the socket is GPL'd I think you are OK. Look at the example of a Linux system running Netscape browing the web when there is a Microsoft HTTP server. Then we have a GPL's system conected to a closed comercial system over a socket (port 80). The grey area is

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Interface to propriotary system and GPL

2004-12-22 Thread Shahed
Hi All, I am wondering if I will be breaking the GPL, if I write for example, a channel driver or make some modifications to the astrisk source code, to interface at RUN TIME, through sockets, with a proprietary system. Eg. 1. I write chan_xxx + modify asterisk source (make changes + new code pu