First off, this was a proposal, not a statement. Quite the difference.
Second, the thought behind the proposal is to further development of otherwise
stale software.
With respect to the ownership of the intellectual property, by and large the US
law states is that whoever paid for the development owns the IP. If the code
was developed during someone's ARRL employment, it is the ARRL that owns the IP
unless the ARRL explicitly waived its rights.
By the way, the statement about paying for the right to use the software is a
slippery slope too. The issue is lack of support. In the past I did have
problems with the software and there was nobody to provide support.
Again, the proposal is not about avoiding paying for the software, but about
its further development. I have 3 copies of the software.
Rudy N2WQ
Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
autocorrect.
> On Jul 15, 2016, at 6:51 AM, W3YY <w3yy@cox.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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