Re: Having issues with the built firmware
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:43 pm
I just can't imagine how frustrating must be to spend hundreds of hours working in a project like this and rejecting donations to stick to the ham radio non-profit principles, to later learn that someone is charging money for you've done for free. If Roger and the developers want to stop publishing the source code to protect their work, it's their hard-earned right to do so. As a developer, I felt really sad when I read that they wouldn't be updating the github repo. I've been playing around with the code for a couple months now, I'm still amazed at it and I'd love to see the lastest changes (what they've accomplished with the Eco Levels, and the endless list of bug fixes is just impressive), but it's their decision and it needs to be respected.
If I may suggest, as having different people helping out in whichever way they can (as someone mentioned before) can be really helpful for the development of the project (not to mention the educational potential of this project), what I'd do is release it under some sort of registration system, where if someone wanted to download the full code, they'd have to send a request (including their callsign, etc) agreeing to a strict licence, and the devs would decide if they get it. I don't know if that's actually possible, but if it was it'd be a good way to release it avoiding licence breaches (or at least, tracking who breaches it).
Anyway, it's just an idea to try and keep everyone happy and helping out, but the developers have got the last word on this, and after all the work they've done for free (and all they've done for the ham community) we must just give them all our support. Btw, congrats for the last version.
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If I may suggest, as having different people helping out in whichever way they can (as someone mentioned before) can be really helpful for the development of the project (not to mention the educational potential of this project), what I'd do is release it under some sort of registration system, where if someone wanted to download the full code, they'd have to send a request (including their callsign, etc) agreeing to a strict licence, and the devs would decide if they get it. I don't know if that's actually possible, but if it was it'd be a good way to release it avoiding licence breaches (or at least, tracking who breaches it).
Anyway, it's just an idea to try and keep everyone happy and helping out, but the developers have got the last word on this, and after all the work they've done for free (and all they've done for the ham community) we must just give them all our support. Btw, congrats for the last version.
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