Licensing

Public License terms are provided by OpenSS7 and contributors on all software with the exception of test programs which have closed licenses and SNMP MIBs which have a reasonable condiiton. Commercial license (or AGPL3 exception) is provided on all software by OpenSS7 Corporation. For more information on Commercial Licensing see OpenSS7 Corporation.

OpenSS7 provides dual licensing (AGPL3 and Commercial) in fitting with the goal of self-sustaining open source SDLC management. OpenSS7 releases its code publicly under the most restrictive GNU public licenses possible (primarily AGPL3) as well as providing commercial releases of the same and additional software under commercial license. This serves the goal of self-sustaining open source SDLC management by ensuring that public releases maintain the ideals of FOSS while permitting businesses to license the software under a less onerous commercial license in exchange for funding.

It is our view that this currently best balances the goals of sustaining an ongoing open source activity while allowing proprietary commercial 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 AGPL3 license should the venture not be prepared to strictly meet the terms of the AGPL3. OpenSS7 Corporation provides compliance statements for publicly released software that it deems meets the terms of AGPL3.

Violations of the terms of any public 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 subject 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 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 LGPL3.

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

OpenSS7 software previously 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 previously 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 License 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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