[hpsdr] Which projects are available under OHL?

Phil Harman phil at pharman.org
Fri May 15 17:30:46 PDT 2009


Hi Rob,

What about projects that are NCL now but will be OHL once TAPR  has recouped 
their investment e.g. Mercury. How would you like that indicated?

73's Phil...VK6APH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Frohne" <rob.frohne at wallawalla.edu>
To: <hpsdr at openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:25 AM
Subject: [hpsdr] Which projects are available under OHL?


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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I went looking at the openhpsdr.org web site and the wiki and couldn't
> easily find which boards are available under OHL.  Can someone point me
> to the right place?  It would be nice if the sames places that it
> prominently says "Available from TAPR" it could say "License: OHL" or
> "License: NCL" or whatever the license is.
>
> Also, an editorial suggestion on the note that reads *
>
> Available*
>
> in PCB form only from TAPR <http://www.tapr.org/kits_ozy.html>
>
> Perhaps that should read "In PCB form only, from TAPR" as opposed to "In
> PCB form, only from TAPR" assuming I understand the desired meaning.
>
> The reason the license is important to me is that I don't particularly
> want to spend my time on projects that are NCL or depend on subparts
> that are NCL, even if the NCL is meant to help TAPR.  Phil C. has made
> his point on that, very clear to me.  If an SDR project is to succeed,
> the hardware has to be readily available at a reasonable price.  In
> order for that to happen, we have to be free to mass produce the
> hardware.  If mass production is choked, software developers and other
> hardware developers won't want to put the time in developing for that
> platform, because its future is in question.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob, KL7NA
>
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