asterisk

trixter aka Bret McDanel trixter at 0xdecafbad.com
Tue Jan 10 02:33:17 UTC 2006


how did debian overcome the NetBSD 4 clause code within asterisk that is
incompatible with the GPL to release it?

I just spoke with the FSF about my rights to distribute this and they
said that I had to remove the offending code (editline package) in order
to be able to redistribute it legally.  As such I was wondering how
debian did this.

I know that debian generally takes a firm stance on licensing issues and
that there is generally a large review process that goes into ensuring
that they dont violate licenses.  As such I believe that by including
asterisk as part of the standard distribution (package-wise anwyay)
someone must have resolved this issue.

Any advice on this would be appreciated.

Thanks

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