[arm-allstar] The hamvoip Allstar V1.5 release is now available!

[Buddy Brannan]

That isn't what it says at all. By the terms of the GPL, source has to be available. Nowhere in the README does it say that the source *isn't* available, nor does it say that this fork *isn't* open source. Of course it is. It just says the source is not distributed in the image, but it can still be had. 

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> On Jan 28, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Tom Hayward via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tom,
>> 
>> The answer to your question is on page 11 of the readme!
> 
> Doug,
> 
> Thank you for confirming I wasn't missing something.
> 
> For those who haven't seen this section of the README:
> "Source code is not a part of the image download but will be available
> as a package download. The source is significant in size and unless
> you have a need for it there is no reason to download."
> 
> So what it says is, indeed, the Hamvoip Allstar fork is not currently
> open source, but it may be at some time in the future.
> 
> Jim graciously shared his Allstar code under a license that requires
> source distributions for all binary distributions:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
> "But if you release the modified version to the public in some way,
> the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the
> program's users, under the GPL."
> 
> The Linux kernel source also must be released with any binary
> distribution. (I'm assuming there were modifications based on this
> statement in the README.):
> "Kernel updates will happen when a significant change is made that
> effects [sic] functionality, either bug fixes or system improvements."
> 
> It makes me sick to see Jim's work and legacy disregarded so soon
> after his death. Please do the right thing and release source code for
> any binary distribution that includes modified versions of Asterisk,
> app_rpt, Allstar, or any other GPL-licensed software.
> 
> Tom KD7LXL
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