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Dave AA6YQ All Messages By This Member #227214 开云体育 https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-source-crisis ? When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. ?????? 73, ????????????? Dave, AA6YQ
Salvatore Besso All Messages By This Member #227221 hello, Dave, what do you mean with "hostile forks"? Just for sake of curiosity. 73 de Salvatore (I4FYV)
Joe Subich, W4TV All Messages By This Member #227230 A "hostile fork" is any branch that fails to follow the the limitations of the original developer and which is not merged back into the primary development map. <> In other words, any branch of a software development that stands in opposition to the original/authorized line of development. 73, ... Joe, W4TV toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 2025-01-20 5:31 AM, Salvatore Besso via groups.io wrote: hello, Dave, what do you mean with "hostile forks"? Just for sake of curiosity. 73 de Salvatore (I4FYV)
Salvatore Besso All Messages By This Member #227232 thanks. 73 de Salvatore (I4FYV)
Earl Needham All Messages By This Member #227233 After this post, I uninstalled WSJT-X "Improved" and went back to WSJT-X.? I find that I can hardly operate it!? I have some learning to do -- but perhaps I've done the right thing. Happy New Year, Dave.? Thanks for all your hard work and especially your willingness to answer questions and in general help others. Vy 7 3 Earl / KD5XB DM84 e e Sent with secure email. On Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at 3:28 PM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-source-crisis ? When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. ?????? 73, ????????????? Dave, AA6YQ
Bruce - K5WBM All Messages By This Member #227234 开云体育 WSJT-X Improved is not a hostile fork. ?It is written by Uwe DG2YCB who is also on the development team for WSJT-X. Bruce McLain bruce.mclain@... toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jan 20, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Earl Needham via <kd5xb@...> wrote: After this post, I uninstalled WSJT-X "Improved" and went back to WSJT-X.? I find that I can hardly operate it!? I have some learning to do -- but perhaps I've done the right thing. Happy New Year, Dave.? Thanks for all your hard work and especially your willingness to answer questions and in general help others. Vy 7 3 Earl / KD5XB DM84 e e Sent with secure email. On Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at 3:28 PM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote: ? When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. ?????? 73, ????????????? Dave, AA6YQ
Earl Needham All Messages By This Member #227235 Well cool then!? I'll go back. I guess I should stick to stuff I know -- if I can ever find out what that is... Thanks, Earl / KD5XB e e Sent with secure email. On Monday, January 20th, 2025 at 9:49 AM, Bruce - K5WBM via groups.io <bruce.mclain@...> wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text WSJT-X Improved is not a hostile fork. ?It is written by Uwe DG2YCB who is also on the development team for WSJT-X. Bruce McLain bruce.mclain@... On Jan 20, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Earl Needham via <kd5xb@...> wrote: After this post, I uninstalled WSJT-X "Improved" and went back to WSJT-X.? I find that I can hardly operate it!? I have some learning to do -- but perhaps I've done the right thing. Happy New Year, Dave.? Thanks for all your hard work and especially your willingness to answer questions and in general help others. Vy 7 3 Earl / KD5XB DM84 e e Sent with secure email. On Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at 3:28 PM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote: ? When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. ?????? 73, ????????????? Dave, AA6YQ
Joe Subich, W4TV All Messages By This Member #227236 On 2025-01-20 11:34 AM, Earl Needham via groups.io wrote: After this post, I uninstalled WSJT-X "Improved" and went back to WSJT-X. I find that I can hardly operate it! WSJTX Improved (a.k.a wsjtx-devel) is hardly a "hostile fork". The developer of WSJTX Improved is a member of the primary WSJTX development team and wsjtx-devel is his "test bed" for items that may be merged into the main development branch in a future release. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2025-01-20 11:34 AM, Earl Needham via groups.io wrote: After this post, I uninstalled WSJT-X "Improved" and went back to WSJT-X. I find that I can hardly operate it! I have some learning to do -- but perhaps I've done the right thing. Happy New Year, Dave. Thanks for all your hard work and especially your willingness to answer questions and in general help others. Vy 7 3 Earl / KD5XB DM84 e e Sent with [Proton Mail]() secure email. On Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at 3:28 PM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote: When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. 73, Dave, AA6YQ
Kent N6WT All Messages By This Member #227237 I guess I am confused.? How does something that someone?else is working on, cost them time and energy? Thanks 73 Kent N6WT toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 2:28?PM Dave AA6YQ via <aa6yq=[email protected]> wrote: ? When he was leading the WSJT-X development team, now SK Bill G4WJS complained on several occasions that the hostile forks of WSJT-X were costing his team significant time and energy. That's why there's no supported interoperation between DXLab and "hostile forks" of WSJT-X. Another example: HRD - a commercial product - contains open source code from FLDigi. ?????? 73, ????????????? Dave, AA6YQ
Dave AA6YQ All Messages By This Member #227238 + AA6YQ comments belo-w I guess I am confused.? ? How does something that someone?else is working on, cost them time and energy? + At minimum, 1. protocol compatibility 2. issues raised by users not understanding which "variant" they are running 3. questions from 3rd party developers like me ? ? ? ?73, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ

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