Rudy,
That is a great idea to develop HFTA further, or replace it entirely.
If I understood N6BV's comments at a conference last year it is an old
mainframe Fortran card deck program with all the memory limitations that
implies. IRRC he has no inclination to revisit it either. So, he and
the ARRL may welcome a major upgrade. Besides GUI tweaking, I think
there could be a lot more functionality added given the supercomputer
capabilities of current PCs.
The GUI upgrades for driving VOACAP are pretty interesting and the
Fortran source is in the public domain. Lots of data at voacap.com.
Grant KZ1W
On 7/15/2016 4:15 AM, Rudy Bakalov via TowerTalk wrote:
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
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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
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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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