Asterisk

Phone system and VoIP platform for calls, queues, voicemail and SIP trunks.

GPL-2.0Strong copyleft

Building on it: what may you do?

Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.

  • B1 Change the code for internal use in your company Yes Yes, as long as you don't distribute it.
  • B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS Yes Yes. Running it as a service is not distribution.
  • B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No. If you distribute it, the whole work must carry the same licence, with source.
  • B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.

Keep in mind

  • Dual licensing: the vendor also sells a commercial licence if the terms above don't suit you.
  • There is a licence note for this product (e.g. parts under another licence or version-specific terms): read it and check the licence of the exact version you use.

This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.

The licence in brief

GNU GPL 2.0 only (GPL-2.0)

Strong copyleft (version 2 only). Free to run internally and as a service. If you distribute it, the whole work must be GPL-2.0 with source.

What does GPL-2.0 mean?

GPL-2.0. Sangoma also offers alternative (commercial) licences. Modules loaded into Asterisk fall under the GPL.

This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.

Facts

Licence
GPL-2.0
Licence type
Strong copyleft
Open core
No
GitHub stars
3.6k
Latest activity
Deployment
Server
Login/SSO
Unknown
API
Unknown
Multi-tenant
Unknown
EU vendor
Unknown
Source
GitHub API, fetched 2026-10-03

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