No, you haven't paid for the source code. You paid to use the program.
I know of no agreement to open-sourcing the code in any agreement between
N6BV and the ARRL.
As hams, we've been blessed to have many exceptional PC programs provided
and supported free of charge or included with ARRL publications. But those
programs are not open-sourced and we can't expect programmers to give away
their code for free.
73 , Bob - W3YY
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rudy
Bakalov via TowerTalk
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 5:24 AM
To: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HFTA disc....
Well, all this has been funded by the ARRL dues. We members have all paid
for it.
It's not about the funding though. I have purchased 3 copies of the book and
have the software. But by locking it in the book the software has seen no
further development.
Rudy N2WQ
Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
autocorrect.
> On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:38 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu,7/14/2016 6:08 PM, Rudy Bakalov via TowerTalk wrote:
>> This would be a great program to open source.
>
> Well, ARRL paid N6BV's salary when he was writing it, and the two of them
have chosen to distribute it with the Antenna Book. That's a great
reference, well worth owning.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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