[hpsdr] Why?

richardh at iinet.net.au richardh at iinet.net.au
Wed May 13 21:11:25 PDT 2009


Yes the whole thing is a bit puzzling to me 
The two protagonists have posted emails that appear
 to be directly at odds with each other = as the song goes "Two men say they're
Jesus = one of them must be wrong" :)

How do we resolve this?
I think HPSDR is probably the most sophisticated open electronics project on the
web = it would be a shame to see it go by the board after all this work and money
spent.
It is risky as you say Phil to have a dictator in charge = OTOH many successful
open software projects have been so because someone has driven the project.
It needs to be ackowledged that there is some financial risk in getting a run of
boards made and carrying stock for kits/made up boards = TAPR has been willing to
take this risk.
OTOH they have presumably recouped their investment in Ozy = is there any reason
why another manufacturer could not be engaged to make another run of Ozy boards?
It is after all central to the whole project. It would also have the effect of
making TAPR recognize that they dont own the IP in all this.
My feeling FWIW is that there might be a bit of bluster but I think they would
still want to be involved  

Richard VK6BRO

On Wed May 13 23:28 , Kevin Purcell  sent:

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>Phil:
>
>As an interested but neutral observer I'd encourage you to post your  
>responses to the list so everyone can easily see them and a  
>conversation can evolve. You could put them on the web site too but  
>on the email list a dialogue can evolve in front on everyone.
>
>I can't see anyone continuing to moderate your comments without  
>looking like they're stifling the conversation.
>
>There are enough people on this list interested in understanding what  
>happened and the only way that is going to happen is if both sides  
>air their views and come up with a reliable chronology that we can  
>all understand.
>
>I think if others agree with this approach they might send a similar  
>note direct to Phil to encourage his participation.
>
>Thanks and 73
>Kevin
>N7WIM
>
>On May 13, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Philip Covington wrote:
>
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>> If this actually makes it to the list, my responses to these "claims"
>> are posted to:
>>
>> http://hpsdr.org/why.html>
>>
>> I will post my responses there (with updates) to avoid being
>> "moderated" here again.
>>
>> Phil N8VB
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:46 AM, John Ackermann N8UR jra at febo.com>  
>> wrote:
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>>> I'm one of the people who was involved in the events.  We don't  
>>> really know
>>> what led Phil to take the action he did; it came out of the blue,  
>>> which was
>>> one of the troubling aspects.
>>>
>>> Phil later gave some explanations in private email.  In my view,  
>>> they in no
>>> way justified the action he took.  Further, Phil's email gave no  
>>> indication
>>> that he wouldn't do the same thing again if he disagreed with the  
>>> way the
>>> HPSDR project was being managed.  As a result, I felt the  
>>> existence of HPSDR
>>> was being held hostage by one person, and that something needed to  
>>> be done.
>>>
>>> There is no formal HPSDR organization.  I guess that's a blessing  
>>> or a
>>> curse, depending on the circumstances.  I can say that the people  
>>> who were
>>> involved in the decisions of the last few weeks represent most of  
>>> those who
>>> are associated with the main HPSDR project set and with the  
>>> administration
>>> of the web site and mailing list.
>>>
>>> openhpsdr.org is currently being maintained by TAPR at the request  
>>> of that
>>> core group.
>>>
>>> To my knowledge, none of the people in that group have a personal  
>>> financial
>>> interest in any of the HPSDR projects.  I am a TAPR board member,  
>>> and of
>>> course TAPR has had a financial involvement in production of HPSDR  
>>> boards;
>>> as I mentioned in my post yesterday, that happens on a case-by- 
>>> case basis
>>> solely at the developer's discretion.
>>>
>>> John N8UR
>>> OHL and NCL Author
>>> Pandora Project Manager
>>> ----
>
>--
>Kevin Purcell
>kevinpurcell at pobox.com
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