[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSatTLM source code

[STeve Andre']

Anthony, my comments were about ham software in general, not the
arissattlm code.  Apologies if it came off that way.

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en72

On 06/23/11 21:57, Anthony Monteiro wrote:
> 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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