On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 2:38?PM Ben Kuhn via groups.io
<ku0hn@...> wrote:
I am not a lawyer, just followed lots of open-source stuff for the past 25 years. My understanding is that, at least in the US, copyright is automatically assigned to the author unless they specifically re-assign it. In the context of open source, that means that one project might have many copyright holders. The initial author decides on a license for the project, and all future contributions comply with and accept that license as part of their contribution.
Looking through the Codec2 repo, I do not see any specific copyright (re)assignment required anywhere. The project is released under the GNU LGPL v2.1.
I'm the same way but don't write code so probably miss some nuances
(like, surely, the differences between the version numbers of GPL and
LGPL to start let alone the other 300 "open" licenses).
Excluding IP, which is a big deal IMO, there are a few things.
The folks shunning digi modes that I talk to personally are in 2 camps:
1. Analog FM is universal, cheap, and easy.
2. Digital is too fragmented so see #1.
3. Digital is too complicated.
M17's elevator pitch to these is that with things like Module17 or Mobilinkd, M17 can be added to any radio with the proper interface. This makes it the most universal digital mode.
To users of other digital modes, M17 offers voice *and* data (yeah, so can D-Star), not just silly pictures from an overpriced webcam mic accessory and GPS positioning. Isn't vendor locked (again, it can
In other realms of the hobby, I'm inclined to just let some folks fall
behind. I think I (personally) may take that tack with DV. And
you're not giving me any ammo to do otherwise. :-)
For your list, #1 and #2 are *not* wrong. I've not seen a DV <->
analog "reflector" yet, but there isn't a good reason there couldn't
be one. There are bridges between the other DV methods. My problem
with reflectors, other than the silly name, is that they require
"on-shore" facilities. You can't, and likely won't ever be able to,
talk simplex between any of the 3 predominant DV methods plus analog.
Certainly both Yaesu and Icom (newer D-STAR modules) can switch
between analog and DV but I don't see that as helpful in any way. So
you need a box somewhere to transcode.
The #3 one is where I go back to "let them fall behind". I see this
in DV, I see it in APRS, I see this even with software packages like
DXLab - some folks don't get it and likely won't get it. At some
point ... rude as it seems ... you just need to let them go.
*I* get the whole IP and licensing thing but most people including
most hams do not. I was trying to come up with a way to pitch M17 to
them without falling back on "it's open source!". That's true, of
course, but means nothing to a LOT of people not on this list. I just
think we need a pitch for them that avoids that issue.
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