Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Brian Capouch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And why is this unnecessary cruft included in the source tree? So that Digium can leverage the Free Software community into developing proprietary software for them. Am I way off the mark? I think you're unfairly impugning Digium's motives. And I also think you're--ag

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread admin
bject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > And why is this unnecessary cruft included in the source > > tree? So that Digium can leverage the Free Software > > community into developing

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Brian West
w, You also have to consider that if Asterisk used any GPL code we would loose the ability to use/link to openh323, provide g729 of any sort. We would also Dialogic support. Now do you want to be the one to tell everyong that depends on h323, g729 or Dialogic cards they are just SOL? Aste

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread info-lists
admin said: > I work for an interconnect that sells 3com and NEC. When I made this > project my own and followed through to show my boss, he said, "this is > going > to ruin our industry" > > If that is the case then so be it. Same with mp3s and the music industry. > Had they embraced the technol

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Olle E. Johansson
It's very hard to find a business model for working with Open Source Software in a for-profit software company. Mysql and Digium are success stories that work with a two-fold model that seems to work. Do not forget that there are companies out there that wants to buy the software with a more bus

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Olle E. Johansson
Brian West wrote: w, You also have to consider that if Asterisk used any GPL code we would loose the ability to use/link to openh323, provide g729 of any sort. We would also Dialogic support. Now do you want to be the one to tell everyong that depends on h323, g729 or Dialogic cards they a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread asterisk
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 03:03:23PM -0500, Brian Capouch wrote: > > I think you're unfairly impugning Digium's motives. And I also think > you're--again--salting your post with enough innuendo that a reasonable > person might suspect you of flame-baiting. Baiting, perhaps, but not flames. If th

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Brian West
I'm going to keep this short and to the point. Nobody is twisting your arm to use Asterisk... we didn't find you.. you found us. NEXT!!! bkw ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To U

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-10 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 18:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have always been suspicious of centralized control and dictatorship, > benevolent or otherwise. After thinking for some time about the > licensing structure of code for Asterisk, I am not sure that > their motives are so innocuous and altr

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Free Software or not -- that's the question /* New subject */

2004-01-11 Thread Chris Albertson
Anyone who does not like the fact that all code must be "disclaimed", sent through Digum to CVS and that GPL'd code can't go in can fix that problem. All you need to do is copy the current CVS and use that to start your own project. You can call it "Asterisk Prime" or "Star" and make up your own