[Elecraft] Firmware development

[David Gilbert]

N1MM+ may not open source in the strict sense, but it IS collaborative 
by a pretty large base of contributors who do it merely as a side job.  
In terms of how it has been developed it is as close to being open 
source as you can get without being updated by random contributors, and 
it most certainly can't be called "wretched" in either function or quality.

And as I plainly stated, I'm not suggesting in any way that Elecraft 
should make their source code openly available.  I think they would be 
crazy to do so for several reasons.

Dave  AB7E




On 11/27/2020 6:04 AM, Paul Evans W4/VP9KF wrote:
>
> "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.
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