[hpsdr] HPSDR "Project Outline" and TAPR

[Dave Larsen]

Phil --

  I did not say only OHL, NCL is lists as an option of OHL.

I just want the work for HPSDR to be open sources including both 
hardware and software.  I assume you want HPSDR to be open source as 
well.  do you have other published open sourse hardware licenses to suggest?

  Dave KV0S

Philip Covington wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Dave Larsen <kv0s.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Lastly, I do feel, that all HPSDR projects should be open sources otherwise
>> what is the point of participating?
>> Our website banner says we are open source and if we do not make the
>> documents available people that want to build and experiment, we might as
>> well work by ourselves to protect our work.  Only those people will to
>> produce open source material need participate.
>> I produced the project outline page to clarify the steps of a project.  Like
>> all work of the HPSDR project it is subject to comments by members.
>>  Dave, KV0S
>>
>>     
>
> Dave,
>
> The problem is that you have unilaterally proclaimed that HPSDR
> projects should use the Open Hardware License on the HPSDR website.
> Certainly, people can make comments on the list about the HPSDR
> project, but other people do not have a monopoly (like you do) on what
> is or is not placed on the HPSDR website.
>
> You proclaim that "the HPSDR project uses the Open Hardware License",
> presumably because this is what you supposedly observed over the last
> three years or maybe this is how you personally "feel" it should be,
> yet even the most precursory examination of the history of the TAPR
> supported projects will reveal that they have been released under the
> Non Commercial License (NCL) at best. Individuals can still reproduce
> these projects under the NCL, but it prohibits commercial
> manufacturers from doing so.  TAPR is granted an exception to this by
> the designer(s) so they can produce more than 10 boards a year as well
> as recoup their investment in those projects.  In that way, those
> designs were not truly open either.
>
> I know that there are a number of would be contributors watching
> closely who might be interested in contributing to HPSDR, but will not
> do so without the possibility of releasing their designs under NCL.
> Before trying to unilaterally make HPSDR policy, it would be best if
> you first discussed things like this on the list before they become
> part of the website.
>
> Phil N8VB
>   


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Dave Larsen, KVØS
Columbia, Missouri USA


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