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@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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