[Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio

[Gwen Patton]

They can put it on a separate module. There's space for at least a
Raspberry Pi Zero in there, so it could be put on a dedicated board of its
own. That way, it wouldn't be software in the main system firmware, it'd be
a separate, optional module with its own license. THAT can be GPL. You can
sell things with GPL software in them, after all. The only thing that would
violate the GPL is if they put the FT8 code in the main firmware.

Gwen, NG3P

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 8:20 PM Neil Zampella <neilz at techie.com> wrote:

> As long as the developer is using any part of the WSJT-X code it cannot
> be added to closed source firmware.    It doesn't matter that it can be
> done.
> It would be in violation of the GPL
>
> Neil, KN3ILZ
>
> On 12/30/2018 8:59 PM, John Harper wrote:
> > Here's the thread - scroll down to message #27527:
> >
> >
> https://groups.io/g/QRPLabs/topic/no_ft8_in_the_upcoming_qsx/27317246?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,27317246
> >
> > John AE5X
> > https://ae5x.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 7:56 PM Devin Butterfield <
> > devin.butterfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> One of the potential issues no one has mentioned is that JT and friends
> >> released the code for FT8 under the GNU GPL license. This means if you
> link
> >> this into any proprietary closed device or firmware, you would violate
> the
> >> terms of the license.
> >>
> >> You would have to either:
> >>
> >> 1. Write a cleanroom implementation from scratch of FT8, ensuring you
> >> didn’t use any GPL code and didn’t violate any copyrights
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> 2. Build an “open” box radio, where all software is open source and
> >> licensed under the GPL
> >>
> >> Having said that, you might want to discuss with an attorney before
> >> starting a business venture using JT’s software.
> >>
> >> I also agree that a one-mode radio wouldn’t be of interest for very
> long.
> >> —
> >> Regards, Devin / K6DRS
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Dec 30, 2018, at 5:44 PM, John Harper <johnae5x at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The upcoming QSX kit from G0UPL may have FT8 capability. Hans announced
> >>> that it will run PSK31, WSPR and RTTY natively, ie on firmware within
> the
> >>> rig. Another ham, a Latvian I believe, asked "Why not FT8 too?"
> >>>
> >>> Hans offered him a free QSX if he could write the code for FT8
> capability
> >>> to exist within the QSX and, last I heard, he was successful.
> >>>
> >>> https://qrp-labs.com/qsx.html
> >>>
> >>> John AE5X
> >>> https://ae5x.blogspot.com
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