Licensing

Public License terms are provided by OpenSS7 and contributors on all software with the exception of test programs which have closed licenses. Commercial license is provided on all software by OpenSS7 Corporation. For more information on Commercial Licensing see OpenSS7 Corporation.

The OpenSS7 Project provides dual licensing (GPL and Commercial) in fitting with the goal of a self-sustaining open source project. The OpenSS7 Project releases its code publicly under the most restrictive GNU public licenses possible (primarily AGPLv3) as well as providing commercial releases of the same and additional software under commercial license. This serves the goal of a self-sustaining open source project by ensuring that the public release software maintains the ideals of Free and Open Source Software while permitting businesses to license the software under a, perhap less honerous for them, commercial license in exchange for funding the project.

It is our view that this currently best balances the goals of sustaining an ongoing open source project with allowing proprietary commerical use of the software in exchange for funding. However, we strongly caution commercial ventures against the distribution or use of any public release software under GPL licenses should the venture not be prepared to strictly meet the terms of the AGPLv3, as we view such distribution or use as an infringement with attendant damages.

Violations of the terms of any GPL license under which OpenSS7 software is distributed may be reported to OpenSS7 Corporation at licensing@openss7.com.

Software provided under public license by OpenSS7 falls into one of several categories:

In any given software package distributed by OpenSS7, there may be software that is subjected to one or more of these licensing categories. Please consult the licensing terms provided in the copyright notice at the beginning of the source file in question, or contained in the directory in which the source occurs.

Software provided under GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) Version 3

OpenSS7 software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) Version 3 can also be licensed under the OpenSS7 Commercial License.

Software provided under GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 3

OpenSS7 software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 3 can also be licensed under the OpenSS7 Commercial License.

Software provided under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3

OpenSS7 software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3 can also be licensed under the OpenSS7 Commercial License. OpenSS7 does not normally release software under the LGPL.

Software provided under GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2

OpenSS7 software previosly licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2 can also be licensed under the OpenSS7 Commercial License.

Software provided under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1

OpenSS7 software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1 can also be licensed under the OpenSS7 Commercial License. OpenSS7 does not normally release software under the LGPL.

Software provided under OpenSS7 License

Software licensed under OpenSS7 is licensed under a proprietary license only. This includes primarily: (Please refer to the Copyright notices and licensing terms included with the specific software.)

Software provided under Open Public License

As a matter of logistics and to permit OpenSS7 users the most flexible use of OpenSS7 software, some source files are distributed under an open public license. Our open public license looks like this.

Software provided under Contributor License

Software provided by contributors posted on this website is subject to the Copyrights and Licensing of the software's respective authors and owners.

Software provided under Software License Agreement

Software licensed under the OpenSS7 software license agreement are licensed specific to the agreement. This includes software from the CVS archives, and source code snapshots available using the web-based source browser.

Licensing

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