OpenGD77

Note this is a very old thread and should not be active.

I will lock it now and delete it later

BG2CHI wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:38 am

Thanks

Those files are no long available , as I had to remove everything because of potential software licensing problems

Try looking here

https://github.com/ajorg/OpenGD77

See the ongoing discussion about the license problems https://www.opengd77.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1630&p=14596#p14596 I have no idea whether its possible to continue. For the dev's its dead unless the non-commercial clause is in the license, as no one will work a lot to add new things or bug fix, i...

It's hard to fight GPL. It's got a nickname as "copyleft" for a good reason! I don't know about flighting GPL. From what I have read it may be possible for GPL to be removed, if the copyright holders all agree, or if all copyright holders don't agree, then the code that is copyright those people ne...

Whatever, it is a pity that this project is dead. This was the only open source community radio firmware in a well usable state. And it is probably the last. Most projects that started died because of the complexity of the work. So, we will be left with OEM firmware at the mercy of the manufacturer...

>>Does KC7RBW have any legal standing in this case? So, does he legally work for any of the copyright holders of any of the code in question? He actually is one of the copyright holders for at least a part of the code ... Yes. The git log shows he changed 2070 lines of code Andrew Jorgensen <>: ins...

Hi, I experienced the exact same issue today with my brandnew GD-77. Clicked on the wrong file during fw update (4.2.6 instead 4.3.6) and found myself with a GD-77 that doesn't go into update mode anymore. It shows ROM:error_01 just as yours did. What I also notices is, that the unlock out of band ...

Welcome

Hi Jordi

At the moment its not certain what will happen with the project in the future.

Hopefully its not completely dead, but its impossible to know at the moment.

I will email you later.

I moved my backups to here https://www.opengd77.com/downloads/flash_and_eeprom_backups/ As I don't see any potential legal problems of posting my own backups, I had to remove them from Github, because strictly speaking these are just random binary files and Github is not a free storage system. Resto...