Exactly. My personal experience, which I believe is nearly identical to Frank's, is found in our doing the software defined radio code (which is used now by thousands of radio amateurs and others) finds Simon's fear is misplaced. However, it is a personal (if incorrect ;-) ) decision and his to make.
That does not keep us from voting with out fingers and feet and going elsewhere. If Simon's game is the only one in town, then we are left with no choice. DttSP, Flex Radio, GnuRadio, HPSDR, uwSDR, AEA DSP1232/2232 all run code that Frank and/or I have written (along with many others). My experience with open source in these projects is that it has been utterly glorious and the few Neaderthal's that come dragging their knuckles out of their caves are a minor annoyance. We have been aided greatly and have learned a tremendous amount from doing business this way. Soapbox shoved firmly back in to the closet, Bob N4HY Frank Brickle wrote: > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Spot on. I use a commercial library from Codejock - www.codejock.com >> > - this > >> cannot be distributed. I also use other commercial libraries with >> > similar > >> restrictions. I can only ship the runtime libraries or link the code >> > into my > >> executable. >> > > You don't have to distribute their libraries to open your source, > unless their API is covered by an NDA. > > As far as questions about myriad versions go, "Let us all know when > you find out!" is as good an answer as any. > > 73 > Frank > AB2KT > > > > > Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster > telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > Our other groups: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. " - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
