From 41c684c4a367d22557a0fc66b941970702ee60ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@digium.com> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:00:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify licensing text in README git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@5341 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3 --- README | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d95ce6a572..24a11f4b6b 100755 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ community on this Wiki: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk * LICENSING - Asterisk is distributed under GNU General Public License. The GPL also -must apply to all loadable modules as well, except as defined below. + Asterisk is distributed under GNU General Public License and is also +available under alternative licenses negotiated directly with Digium, Inc. +If you obtained Asterisk under the GPL, then the GPL applies to all +loadable modules used on your system as well, except as defined below. Digium, Inc. (formerly Linux Support Services) retains copyright and/or a sufficient license to all components of the core Asterisk system, and therefore @@ -32,9 +34,9 @@ fall under our copyright/license umbrella, or are distributed under more flexible licenses than GPL. If you wish to use our code in other GPL programs, don't worry -- there -is no requirement that you provide the same exemption in your GPL'd +is no requirement that you provide the same exception in your GPL'd products (although if you've written a module for Asterisk we would -strongly encourage you to make the same exemption that we do). +strongly encourage you to make the same exception that we do). Specific permission is also granted to OpenSSL and OpenH323 to link with Asterisk. -- GitLab