Re: Open source is the key to new ideas
Kinda wish this wasn't my first post to the group. But here we go anyway...
One of the issues I have with digital modes in general is that there's a requirement for a central server to keep track of
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Eric Grumling
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Re: Open source is the key to new ideas
Excellent summary!
This is *so* true. The source of innovation is everything but them, most of the time.
I still need to add the signature definition to the spec document. My plan is to do this in
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Wojciech Kaczmarski
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Re: Open source is the key to new ideas
Great example of open source innovation that has already happened.? I
felt much the same when I saw the post on Discord about M17 signing.? I
can also see the potential for it to be a game
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Tony Langdon
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Open source is the key to new ideas
I can't remember if it was here that someone was recently mentioning "little green check marks", so this has already been discussed. I don't remember by whom, but I would like to fill this out a bit,
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Tom Early
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Re: 1976 and M17
Yeah, I don't even have any XP boxes in service, oldest Windows in
regular use here is 10.
I take the approach of get the message out there, show people what it's
all about and invite them to jump on
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Tony Langdon
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Re: Interim bridging (Re: [M17-Users] 1976 and M17
I did some ground work to get g2_link installed on a repeater, but it's
still on the todo list their end.?? I have no idea what "ALMA 9" or "IOP
prefix" is, haven't seen either of those terms used
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Tony Langdon
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Interim bridging (Re: [M17-Users] 1976 and M17
<vk3jed@...> wrote:
I'm helping with the local D-STAR Gateway and expect to install the
"g2_link" link once the dev folks get some ALMA 9 things straightened
out. That will give our
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
<vk3jed@...> wrote:
Yeah, and more and more I get that it's not worth trying to sell M17
to folks who think it's OK to run XP on a public-facing device. :)
*I* get it (even as an
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
They'll either fall behind or run after the bandwagon and jump on board
late, if the penny drops. :)
--
73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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Tony Langdon
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Re: 1976 and M17
There's heaps, I run several myself!
Yeah a multimode radio is needed for simplex? Bring on the CS7000 Plus. :)
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Tony Langdon
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Re: 1976 and M17
Current M17 implementations use an addressing scheme similar to D-STAR
(callsign based), but it's a lot more simplified and implicit
disconnection on destination change is built in.? And users can
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Tony Langdon
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Re: 1976 and M17
There will be a copyright statement in the various source repositories
stating who owns the copyright of each piece of code.? You'll also find
that the code is licensed under an open source licence,
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Tony Langdon
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Re: 1976 and M17
<steve.stroh@...> wrote:
And the primary driver is Wojciech Kaczmarski SP5WWP, who is here on
the list, happily.
No, but it's an important statement.
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
<ku0hn@...> wrote:
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
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
Peter:
Good questions.
Codec 2 is licensed as LGPL-2.1 -
https://github.com/drowe67/codec2?tab=LGPL-2.1-1-ov-file
The primary developer of Codec 2 was David Rowe VK5DGR.
M17 Protocol
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Steve Stroh N8GNJ
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#128
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Re: 1976 and M17
Here is the source for Codec2, including the license and copyright information: https://github.com/drowe67/codec2
I am not a lawyer, just followed lots of open-source stuff for the past 25 years.
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Ben Kuhn
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Re: 1976 and M17
<jmm@...> wrote:
I should have said " **Without talking about intellectual property or
the fact that the source is open**". Remember, *most* amateurs don't
really understand "open
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
**Without talking about intellectual property** what is the big deal about M17?
Hams can change/improve/extend the protocol. The other protocols depend on DVSI to do that.
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Jim - K6JM
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Re: 1976 and M17
<vk3jed@...> wrote:
Most of those are card-swipe/NFC these days. Which is the point, I suppose.
Open protocol works on me and I am a D-STAR fan over the other DV
methods in the
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Peter Laws
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Re: 1976 and M17
Makes sense, and M17 has a lot to offer - well written specification,
fully developed data transfer capabilities (packet mode) and 100% open
source.? That's a lot for starters.? My own position is
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Tony Langdon
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