It is good news, although I still think MELP was more legal than people think.
Andy K3UK On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:28 PM, J. Moen <j...@jwmoen.com> wrote: > > > This is very, very good news, and it may turn out to be a very big deal. > It will be fun to hear reports from the early adopters. There aren't many > people who can write this kind of code -- if you like where Dave is headed, > you may want to donate to his CODEC2 effort that's referred to in the link > below. > > Ever since we all discovered that MELP was not legally available, we've all > been waiting for something good that's open source. CODEC2 may allow a > narrow enough bandwidth for widespread use on HF, and it may provide an > alternative for VHF/UHF digital voice in the future. While I don't begrudge > D-Star's use of the $25 AMBE proprietary codec on a chip, that approach > prevents the kind of experimentation that hams are famous for. A software > only codec would be very welcome as the future unfolds.... > > Jim - K6JM > >
