You can of course protect your intellectual property. But such a commercial format belongs on commercial frequencies. That is, it has no place as a format used for amateur radio.
Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM <mailto:les...@veenstras.com> les...@veenstras.com <mailto:m0...@veenstras.com> m0...@veenstras.com <mailto:k1...@veenstras.com> k1...@veenstras.com US Postal Address: PSC 45 Box 781 APO AE 09468 USA UK Postal Address: Dawn Cottage Norwood, Harrogate HG3 1SD, UK Telephones: Office: +44-(0)1423-846-385 Home: +44-(0)1943-880-963 Guam Cell: +1-671-788-5654 UK Cell: +44-(0)7716-298-224 US Cell: +1-240-425-7335 Jamaica: +1-876-352-7504 This e-mail and any documents attached hereto contain confidential or privileged information. The information is intended to be for use only by the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this e-mail or any documents attached hereto is prohibited. From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of "John Becker, WØJAB" Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 3:49 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] source coding, Randomizing, outer FEC, Inner FEC, coding to symbol, modulation of symbol(s) At 03:22 AM 6/6/2010, you wrote: (in part) >In the end, systems like ROS, Clover, PACKTOR-XXX, etc, where there is not >full published transparency in the encoding process, are not suitable for >legal amateur use, in my humble opinion. In other words, no one has the right to make money from their hard work and what could have been $$$ millions spent on research and development as would have been the case with Pactor 3. Or the right to protect it.
