Subj : Re: ? The various message
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Sat May 22 2021 08:37 pm

Hello Tony;

-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Brian Rogers <=-

 TL> But I do like the principle of having ham systems open, especially the
 TL> air interface.

If the airwaves were open source, we wouldn't pay license fees.

 TL> Actually, there's M17, in early stages of development.  D-STAR's air
 TL> interface is open spec, though at one stage you needed to be able to
 TL> read Japanese to get the full specs.  Not sure if it's all been
 TL> translated yet.  Only part not open is the audio codec, and that was a
 TL> case of necessity, back in the day.  Had D-STAR been designed today,
 TL> there's a chance Codec2 might have been chosen instead.

Open spec is not open source though. That's just a test that says
"if you can figure out our code go for it... here's a hint". If you
need to make a patch you can't, unless it's your own code.

 TL> My folders are mostly for mailing lists, which ARE used for the same
 TL> purpose as echomail. :)

I don't see physical folders but mail area indexes. Imap creates physical
folders. More bytes off the drive.


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