[OT] Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-14 Thread William Waites
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 12:48:46PM -0700, Robert Hajime Lanning wrote: > > http://www.0xdecafbad.com";> > > Protecting freedoms by putting limits on (thus restricting freedoms). > > Interesting concept. > > It maybe an interesting concept, but it is absolutely true. > True anarchy (no rules what

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-13 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Maron_Krist=F3fersson?=
Hi List. I think we as users have a choice to look at this a bit differently. You as a user, consultant or reseller of asterisk services, simply have more options here. It also makes it much easier to implement asterisk in the enterprise to be able to provide it with guaranteed support. I for my

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-13 Thread Robert Hajime Lanning
http://www.0xdecafbad.com";> > Protecting freedoms by putting limits on (thus restricting freedoms). > Interesting concept. It maybe an interesting concept, but it is absolutely true. True anarchy (no rules what so ever) cannot exist. Your freedom to kill me would impose on my freedom to live.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-13 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 18:20 +0200, Esben Stien wrote: > "trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Protecting freedoms by putting limits on (thus restricting > > freedoms). Interesting concept. > > I need to repeat here. The gpl's purpose is to protect the freedoms >

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-13 Thread Esben Stien
"trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Protecting freedoms by putting limits on (thus restricting > freedoms). Interesting concept. I need to repeat here. The gpl's purpose is to protect the freedoms that comes with free software. So, you have only the freedoms that c

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-12 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 22:05 +0200, Esben Stien wrote: > "trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Limits increase this freedom? I dont understand how placing limits > > on its use increases its freedom, could you please explain that to > > me? > > The "limits" are pu

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-12 Thread Esben Stien
"trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Limits increase this freedom? I dont understand how placing limits > on its use increases its freedom, could you please explain that to > me? The "limits" are put on people to ensure that the software stays free; that's a big par

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-12 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 17:58 +0200, Esben Stien wrote: > "Kevin P. Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please read the text of the Digium Asterisk contribution disclaimers > > before making incorrect statements like this. > > Yes, sorry, my wording was incorrect. You still have the code you

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-12 Thread Esben Stien
"Kevin P. Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please read the text of the Digium Asterisk contribution disclaimers > before making incorrect statements like this. Yes, sorry, my wording was incorrect. You still have the code you've written and it's still free, but you give digium the right to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-12 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Esben Stien wrote: Yes, because digium has a dual license, you have to give up your copyright if you submit code to the project. This makes it possible to release a non free version in addition to the free one. Please read the text of the Digium Asterisk contribution disclaimers before making

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-11 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 12:44 -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > On Saturday 11 June 2005 12:12, Esben Stien wrote: > > It means the project will receive less contribution from free software > > developers. I certainly would not give up my copyright on free > > software so that someone else could relea

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-11 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Saturday 11 June 2005 12:12, Esben Stien wrote: > It means the project will receive less contribution from free software > developers. I certainly would not give up my copyright on free > software so that someone else could release it as non free software. Only to those who agree with your view

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-11 Thread Esben Stien
Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know, I've got no problem with them dual-licensing it. It means the project will receive less contribution from free software developers. I certainly would not give up my copyright on free software so that someone else could release it as no

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-11 Thread Esben Stien
William Waites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So this is a version of Asterisk that is released by Digium but > is not released under the GPL. Correct? Yes, because digium has a dual license, you have to give up your copyright if you submit code to the project. This makes it possible to release a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Andrew Latham
I understand and agree with Digium on the ABE. I have worked with C level execs that only care about "mitigation" (AKA not their problem if it breaks) and warranties. This is just Asterisk in a shinny make you feel good box with phone support. On 6/6/05, Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Monday 06 June 2005 17:11, William Waites wrote: > If you're interested, take a closer look. chan_sip.c, some time ago. > Miscellaneous bug fixes. But a whole lot, and not for a long time. I stand corrected; thanks for taking me to task on it. :-) > The reason for the "not for a long time" is

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread William Waites
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 05:11:42PM -0400, William Waites wrote: > > If you're interested, take a closer look. chan_sip.c, some time ago. > Miscellaneous bug fixes. But a whole lot, and not for a long time. ^^ should read "not a whole lot". argh. 73 -w

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread William Waites
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:31:31PM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > > > So Digium has leveraged the community to build for them a > > proprietary product. Correct? > > > > Nice. > > Others have commented on this, so I'll refrain short of saying you need some > serious clue. I'm not sure I see y

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Monday 06 June 2005 13:29, William Waites wrote: > So this is a version of Asterisk that is released by Digium but > is not released under the GPL. Correct? Not quite. This is a specific set of CVS with NO NEW FEATURES that is not released under GPL. There is nothing in ABE that is not also

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Brian Capouch
William Waites wrote: So Digium has leveraged the community to build for them a proprietary product. Correct? Nice. Give me a break. Digium has Open-Sourced their primary intellectual property and given it to the community. They spend a good portion of their corporate cashflow on prog

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread William Waites
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:20:13PM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > On Monday 06 June 2005 11:25, William Waites wrote: > > So is there at least a cvs tag? Can I "cvs co -r ABE asterisk"? > > Honestly, what part of "the source is not available" do you have trouble > comprehending? Sorry, due to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Monday 06 June 2005 11:25, William Waites wrote: > So is there at least a cvs tag? Can I "cvs co -r ABE asterisk"? Honestly, what part of "the source is not available" do you have trouble comprehending? -A. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-U

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread William Waites
On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:06:02PM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > On Sunday 29 May 2005 20:59, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > > 1) Simply CVS head (as of some point in time) with certain features or > >bug fixes "backed out" > > > > 2) In addition to CVS head, some important features and bug fixes. >

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Peter Nixon wrote: Lets get our facts straight shall we. It appears that the FIRST ever hardware suported by Asterisk was Sangoma ;-) Well, Sangoma Frame-Relay hardware, that's true... I was thinking purely of TDM voice hardware, sorry for the confusion. It's been an exceedingly long time si

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Peter Svensson
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Peter Nixon wrote: > On Monday 30 May 2005 13:28, Matteo Brancaleoni wrote: > > and , what is more interesting, > > they've omitted any reference to digium resellers > > and specified only distributors :( > > Yes. Our reseller info was removed. And some of our customers have b

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Peter Nixon
On Monday 30 May 2005 13:28, Matteo Brancaleoni wrote: > and , what is more interesting, > they've omitted any reference to digium resellers > and specified only distributors :( Yes. Our reseller info was removed. And some of our customers have been sold to directly.. Not a nice way to do busines

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-06 Thread Peter Nixon
On Monday 06 June 2005 02:50, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: --snip-- > > I've just not been impressed with Digium's behaviour lately. They've > > gotten quite hostile over Sangoma hardware lately, claiming that Sangoma > > (by continuing to develop, refine, and expand their hardware lines, > > which are

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-05 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Aidan Van Dyk wrote: If they are "fixing" things in ABE that are broken in "Open Source", and not simply backing out features, they why aren't these bug fixes in the open source version? As stated in my other reply, this is very much untrue. There are no fixes applied to ABE (or new feature

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-06-05 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Aidan Van Dyk wrote: In either case, since they are committed to the open source model, are they willing to tell us what features/bug fixes in CVS are considered an increased liability and risk, or what important features and bug fixes they've applied on top of CVS? This could help those of us

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-30 Thread Aidan Van Dyk
* Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050529 21:07]: > On Sunday 29 May 2005 20:59, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > > 1) Simply CVS head (as of some point in time) with certain features or > >bug fixes "backed out" > > > > 2) In addition to CVS head, some important features and bug fixes. > > I think

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-30 Thread Matt Riddell
Matteo Brancaleoni wrote: and , what is more interesting, they've omitted any reference to digium resellers and specified only distributors :( Yah that's kinda bad form. And seeing as I know for a fact that the distributors will sell directly to my customers even though we're in different co

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-30 Thread Matteo Brancaleoni
and , what is more interesting, they've omitted any reference to digium resellers and specified only distributors :( matteo -- Matteo Brancaleoni System Administrator Tel +39.02.70633354 Sip [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iax2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-User

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-29 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
Aidan Van Dyk wrote: Browsing through the new website... * Q - Does Asterisk Business Edition contain any additional features, fixes, or enhancements not found in the open source versions of Asterisk? * A - Digium remains committed to the open source model, and has based Asterisk B

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-29 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Sunday 29 May 2005 20:59, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > 1) Simply CVS head (as of some point in time) with certain features or >bug fixes "backed out" > > 2) In addition to CVS head, some important features and bug fixes. I think it's simply #2. They are taking HEAD and maintaining a version wher

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Business Edition

2005-05-29 Thread Aidan Van Dyk
Browsing through the new website... * Q - Does Asterisk Business Edition contain any additional features, fixes, or enhancements not found in the open source versions of Asterisk? * A - Digium remains committed to the open source model, and has based Asterisk Business Edition entire