[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSatTLM source code

[Anthony Monteiro]

Hi Guys,

This has always been open source, its just that the
server is temporarily down. You can find all of the
original LINUX code without the GUI on Phil's web site:

http://www.ka9q.net/

We hope to have the server with the ARISSatTLM Windows
code up again soon.

73,
Tony AA2TX


On 6/23/2011 7:36 PM, STeve Andre' wrote:
> On 06/23/11 18:40, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:08:25 -0500
>> "George Henry"<ka3hsw at att.net>   wrote:
>>
>>
>>> HOpe this helps!!!
>>>
>> What the original poster was asking for is the source, rather than precompiled Windows and Mac OSX binaries.
>>
>> The source doesn't seem to be available yet.  It's a shame that closed-source software seems to be so common in amateur radio - you get people sharing all sorts of information, but they just don't seem to have grasped the idea that letting people see the source code is a Very Good Thing.
>>
>> Gordon MM0YEQ
>
> Yeah, absolutely this is a problem.
>
> What bothers me the most about this is saying I don't run Windows, or MacOS,
> or Linux, and then I just get the<blink>  <blink>  response, and that's it.
>
> I know two kids interested at least to some extent about ham radio, both
> who are learning and understand open source culture, who were not exactly
> impressed with some of the closed source programs they've seen--and wanted
> to improve on.
>
> But this is changing, and is yet another reason to get more younger people
> involved in ham radio in general.
>
> --STeve Andre'
> wb8wsf  en72
>
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