Tom Russo wrote:
As long as the curmudgeon driving the "initiatives" is actively initiativizing,
there will always be a lag behind the "core" and definitive implementation.
But that's exactly what I'm getting at. The spec is in such bad shape,
that a well-developed, well-documented and open implementation of the
spec could *become* the spec. If the aprslib was tight enough to
cross-compile on the small processors that the hardware-oriented guys
use, I think it would be a sure thing.
Yeah, I'm suggesting a revolution. But not regicide! A constitutional
monarchy is fine with me. A solid, universal aprs library could be that
constitution. I'm all for curmudgeons and initiatives and "benevolent
dictators for life" - but their "wild hairs" have to be subject to some
kind of due process.
I'd go as far as thinking the library should be LGPL. BSD and MIT are good
licenses for some purposes, but the idea of allowing a closed-source fork is
not one I think most Xastir developers will be happy with.
As it stands now, APRS is nothing but a bunch of forks off of the
amorphous spec, and Xastir is just one of those forks! I'm no licensing
expert, just looking for the best way to unite the aprs world. It can
be license XYZ as long as 1) the community controls the definitive
implementation, and 2) everyone else can build on top however they like.
--Jeff, N0JUH
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