Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "A. Maitland Bottoms" <bott...@debian.org>
* Package name : freedv Version : 0.96r1235 Upstream Author : David Rowe VK5DGR <da...@rowetel.com>, Dave Witten <witt...@wwrinc.com> * URL : http://freedv.org * License : LGPL-2.1 Programming Lang: C++ Description : Digital Voice for HF FreeDV is a GUI application that allows any SSB radio to be used for low bit rate digital voice. Speech is compressed down to 1400 bit/s then modulated onto a 1100 Hz wide QPSK signal which is sent to the Mic input of a SSB radio. On receive, the signal is received by the SSB radio, then demodulated and decoded by FreeDV. FreeDV was built by an international team of Radio Amateurs working together on coding, design, user interface and testing. FreeDV is open source software, released under the GNU Public License version 2.1. The FDMDV modem and Codec 2 Speech codec used in FreeDV are also open source. Why FreeDV? Amateur Radio is transitioning from analog to digital, much as it transitioned from AM to SSB in the 1950's and 1960's. How would you feel if one or two companies owned the patents for SSB, then forced you to use their technology, made it illegal to experiment with or even understand the technology, and insisted you stay locked to it for the next 100 years? That's exactly what was happening with digital voice. But now, hams are in control of their technology again! FreeDV is unique as it uses 100% Open Source Software, including the audio codec. No secrets, nothing proprietary! FreeDV represents a path for 21st century Amateur Radio where Hams are free to experiment and innovate, rather than a future locked into a single manufacturers closed technology. I've been builing packages while trying to keep up with active development, and it is time for better availability of packaged versions to facilitate testing by early adopters. Expect the initial series of uploads to go into Debian experimental. The Lintian warning count is low, but the upstream developers expect some incompatible protocol changes between versions for the near future. -Maitland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20857.51522.980372.606...@airborne.nrl.navy.mil
