[hpsdr] WHY WHY?

[Joseph Teichman]

I have been only following this community for a very short period of time. I
also listed to a recent teamspeak (it may have been the last one) and was
perplexed by the constant questioning of the person that wanted that the
wiki should be opened up.
This seemed part of the pattern of people holding things close to themselves
and trying to maintain control.

I think that there needs to be more awareness of the importance of community
and you foster the creation and growth of a community through openness.

People want to help and contribute, you should allow the wiki to be open so
that anyone can do it. If they are frusterated because there is red tape or
they have to jump through hoops to get started, they will take there ideas,
efforts and energy elsewhere.

Also, on the hardware front, there really needs to be more emphasis on the
openness of the hardware. Not all of it is available under the OHL. I would
not really care to contribute to a project that is restricted under the NCL.
If I am going to contribute, I would want to only do it to a project that is
really open and can benefit everyone. Also, like I mentioned in a previous
post, if there were a full set of boards available under the OHL, I think
that there would be much better availability, which would encourage and
enable more people to contribute and develop this project.

In short, there is a need for openness, openness & more openness.

Joseph
KD1ZZ

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Carl Morris, WN3DUG <cwmorris at pa.net>wrote:

> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>
> To All,
>
> I also would like an explanation of exactly what is going on with HPSDR and
> also what TAPR's role is in this.
>
> This has been a wonderful adventure, up to this point, and now someone has
> screwed it all up!
>
> A lot of us have poured a lot of our money into this project, both
> personally and organization wise, i.e. TAPR and others, and now
> someone or something has ruined it!
>
> I would like to know the names of those who "approached" Phil and tried to
> get him to transfer ownership of the "hpsdr.org"
> domain name.
>
> Phil Covington, N8VB, has been outstanding, along with many
> others, in providing their services to the HPSDR effort, and in my opinion,
> Phil will be sorely missed in this Project!
>
> It has also made me almost sick, in the way this has been handled,
> seemingly by people that want to keep everything
> "Secret"!
>
> I've been an ardent supporter of Amateur SDR for years, but
> this really isn't the way to advance the state of the art!
>
> I also agree with all of the comments by the following:
> Richard Ames
> Bruce, N1RX
> Henk, PA5KT
> Steve, G1YLB
> Henry, ?
> and Peter, N3EVL.
>
> 73,
> Carl, WN3DUG
>
> _______________________________________________
> HPSDR Discussion List
> To post msg: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> Subscription help:
> http://lists.openhpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org
> HPSDR web page: http://openhpsdr.org
> Archives: http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/attachments/20090512/837b3a5f/attachment-0004.htm>