[Elecraft] Open Source

[Jim Finan]

There is a big difference between Open Source Software and Firmware. 

Elecraft provides programming info for those who want to write programs for their products (Software). If someone wants to write programs for Elecraft equipment and make it Open Source, it is permitted. 

On the other hand, I don't know of many manufacturers that provide Open Source FIRMWARE. While some manufacturers provide Firmware upgrades (like Elecraft), I'm not aware of any that publish source code for their firmware. 

Bigger computer vendors do provide firmware updates to their hardware but I've never seen one provide Source Code (Open Source). I come from a Unix background and much Open Source Software is available (and for Linux variants).  But not at the hardware level. 

No major corporation would implement software that they can't support and there are too many variables to use Open Source for every application. Not to mention security problems!

73,

Jim
AB4AC


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