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diff --git a/trunk/LICENSE b/trunk/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39e0bb8ae --- /dev/null +++ b/trunk/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +Asterisk is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 +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 Asterisk modules used on your system as well, +except as defined below. The GPL (version 2) is included in this +source tree in the file COPYING. + +This package also includes various components that are not part of +Asterisk itself; these components are in the 'contrib' directory +and its subdirectories. Most of these components are also +distributed under the GPL version 2 as well, except for the following: + +contrib/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin: + This file is Copyright (C) Digium, Inc. and is licensed for + use with Digium IAXy hardware devices only. It can be + distributed freely as long as the distribution is in the + original form present in this package (not reformatted or + modified). + +Digium, Inc. (formerly Linux Support Services) holds copyright +and/or sufficient licenses to all components of the Asterisk +package, and therefore can grant, at its sole discretion, the ability +for companies, individuals, or organizations to create proprietary or +Open Source (even if not GPL) modules which may be dynamically linked at +runtime with the portions of Asterisk which 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 exception in your +GPL'd products (although if you've written a module for Asterisk we +would strongly encourage you to make the same exception that we do). + +Specific permission is also granted to link Asterisk with OpenSSL and +OpenH323 and distribute the resulting binary files. + +In addition, Asterisk implements two management/control protocols: the +Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and the Asterisk Gateway Interface +(AGI). It is our belief that applications using these protocols to +manage or control an Asterisk instance do not have to be licensed +under the GPL or a compatible license, as we believe these protocols +do not create a 'derivative work' as referred to in the GPL. However, +should any court or other judiciary body find that these protocols do +fall under the terms of the GPL, then we hereby grant you a license to +use these protocols in combination with Asterisk in external +applications licensed under any license you wish. + +The 'Asterisk' name and logos are trademarks owned by Digium, Inc., +and use of them is subject to our trademark licensing policies. If you +wish to use these trademarks for purposes other than simple +redistribution of Asterisk source code obtained from Digium, you +should contact our licensing department to determine the necessary +steps you must take. For more information on this policy, please read: + +http://www.digium.com/en/company/profile/trademarkpolicy.php + +If you have any questions regarding our licensing policy, please +contact us: + ++1.877.344.4861 (via telephone in the USA) ++1.256.428.6000 (via telephone outside the USA) ++1.256.864.0464 (via FAX inside or outside the USA) +IAX2/misery.digium.com/6000 (via IAX2) +licensing@digium.com (via email) + +Digium, Inc. +445 Jan Davis Drive +Huntsville, AL 35806 +USA |