[Elecraft] Firmware development

[Paul Evans W4/VP9KF]

"but even so how about N1MM+, "

Not that 'we' are any longer talking about Elecraft firmware...

N1MM Logger+, Logger32, etc., etc. are NOT Open Source! They are merely 
FREE. Get me a source code listing for these products. You can't.

If Elecraft hadn't secured the firmware in their PIC controlled rigs and 
weren't keeping the software tight in the K4 they would be unable to 
sell on the open market world wide and attempt to conform to emission 
standards, etc.

I don't have a single piece of non-open source software on my computer 
EXCEPT for the 'wretched' amateur radio ones.... they work well but they 
aren't open source.

Producers of commercial products under the licence used by Linux are 
required by that licence to 'open' their software (including drivers, 
etc.) by sending a source code listing to the consumer, btw. Many are 
riding rough-shod through the licence that provides them the very 
operating system driving the product.

73, Paul.