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Asterisk is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 |
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and is also available under alternative licenses negotiated directly |
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with Digium, Inc. If you obtained Asterisk under the GPL, then the GPL |
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applies to all loadable Asterisk modules used on your system as well, |
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except as defined below. The GPL (version 2) is included in this |
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source tree in the file COPYING. |
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This package also includes various components that are not part of |
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Asterisk itself; these components are in the 'contrib' directory |
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and its subdirectories. Most of these components are also |
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distributed under the GPL version 2 as well, except for the following: |
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contrib/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin: |
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This file is Copyright (C) Digium, Inc. and is licensed for |
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use with Digium IAXy hardware devices only. It can be |
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distributed freely as long as the distribution is in the |
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original form present in this package (not reformatted or |
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modified). |
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Digium, Inc. (formerly Linux Support Services) holds copyright |
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and/or sufficient licenses to all components of the Asterisk |
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package, and therefore can grant, at its sole discretion, the ability |
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for companies, individuals, or organizations to create proprietary or |
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Open Source (even if not GPL) modules which may be dynamically linked at |
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runtime with the portions of Asterisk which fall under our |
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copyright/license umbrella, or are distributed under more flexible |
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licenses than GPL. |
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If you wish to use our code in other GPL programs, don't worry -- |
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there is no requirement that you provide the same exception in your |
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GPL'd products (although if you've written a module for Asterisk we |
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would strongly encourage you to make the same exception that we do). |
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Specific permission is also granted to link Asterisk with OpenSSL and |
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OpenH323. |
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In addition, Asterisk implements two management/control protocols: the |
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Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and the Asterisk Gateway Interface |
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(AGI). It is our belief that applications using these protocols to |
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manage or control an Asterisk instance do not have to be licensed |
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under the GPL or a compatible license, as we believe these protocols |
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do not create a 'derivative work' as referred to in the GPL. However, |
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should any court or other judiciary body find that these protocols do |
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fall under the terms of the GPL, then we hereby grant you a license to |
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use these protocols in combination with Asterisk in external |
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applications licensed under any license you wish. |
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The 'Asterisk' name and logos are trademarks owned by Digium, Inc., |
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and use of them is subject to our trademark licensing policies. If you |
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wish to use these trademarks for purposes other than simple |
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redistribution of Asterisk source code obtained from Digium, you |
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should contact our licensing department to determine the necessary |
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steps you must take. For more information on this policy, please read |
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http://www.digium.com/en/company/profile/trademarkpolicy.php |
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If you have any questions regarding our licensing policy, please |
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contact us: |
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+1.877.546.8963 (via telephone in the USA) |
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+1.256.428.6000 (via telephone outside the USA) |
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+1.256.864.0464 (via FAX inside or outside the USA) |
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IAX2/misery.digium.com/6000 (via IAX2) |
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licensing@digium.com (via email) |
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Digium, Inc. |
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150 West Park Loop |
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Suite 100 |
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Huntsville, AL 35806 |
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USA |
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