[Freeswitch-users] PRI cards

[Mark Crane]

Question: is
There any scenario out there where people stuck with
non-Sangoma telephony cards can use them with
Freeswitch? 

The GPL has a clause in it that makes it incompatible
to the MPL. It is the clause that makes the GPL viral
in nature when code is distributed with GPL code in
it. Then that code must also be GPL. I applaud the
FreeSwitch developers licensing this project under the
MPL rather than the more restrictive GPL.

Your Options:
1. This one has already been mentioned... You could
hire someone to add the compatibility for you.

2. Install your card in an asterisk machine and setup
some SIP trunks that you can use with FreeSwitch.

3. Sell your card on Ebay and buy a card such as
Sangoma that is already compatible with FreeSwitch.

4. Convince your card manufacturer to make drivers for
FreeSwitch.

Option 2 and 3 are likely faster, easier, and cheaper.

Mark

--- Michael Collins <mcollins at fcnetwork.com> wrote:

> > Ok guys Let me set the record straight for this
> question.
> > 
> > We can't use zaptel because its GPL and is
> incompatible with our MPL
> > license.  That being said its not possible for us
> to legally link the
> > two products together.  It is however fine for an
> end user to do so.
> > 
> > Read this http://linuxgazette.net/120/smith.html
> > 
> > Just an FYI zapata used in that example is in the
> public domain.
> > 
> > /b
> 
> Brian,
> 
> Thanks for helping us understand the GPL vs. MPL
> nonsense.  Question: is
> there any scenario out there where people stuck with
> non-Sangoma
> telephony cards can use them with Freeswitch?  I've
> got two 4-port T1
> cards and I'd love to test drive FreeSwitch on the
> PSTN with one of
> them.  (They are much-improved clones of the Tor2
> card:
> http://phoniceq.com/index-3.html - T400P)
> 
> Perhaps I could ask the question a different way: is
> there a
> perfect-world scenario where FreeSwitch could
> support Zaptel-compatible
> cards without violating the MPL?  If so, what would
> need to happen?  
> 
> Thanks for patiently answering all of these
> questions.  BTW, you and
> Anthony are doing an awesome job on FS.  Please keep
> up the good work!
> 
> -MC
> 
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