[Ekiga-list] Ekiga use license (commercial use?) & Ekiga/Diamondcard software questions

[zanaglen aol com]

Hello folks.

I just joined this forum in hopes that you all would be so kind as to help me answer a couple questions.


First, in case this is helpful information in answering my questions:

I am looking to use my home PC to: (1) make outgoing phone calls to others with land lines and mobile phones; and to: (2) receive incoming phone calls from others with land lines and mobile phones.


My first question:

I saw the GNU license for Ekiga at:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

(I apologize if the answer to my next question is there.  I wasn't able to find it.)

Can you please tell me if it is permissible under the Ekiga use license to use the Ekiga software & Ekiga soft phone to make/receive phone calls with my home PC (as stated above) for the purposes of seeking/soliciting and conducting business (for a self-employed independent freelance home-based business)?


And my next questions:

I hope you don't mind my asking -- If Diamondcard has its own soft phone, then do I still require the Ekiga software & Ekiga soft phone?

If not, what would be the benefits of using the Ekiga software & Ekiga soft phone over using the Diamondcard software & Diamondcard soft phone? (assuming that what I would use it for was to be limited to what I stated above towards the beginning of this e-mail)


Thanks much!
Glen from Illinois, USA