There is one problem will Open Source, and that is the possibility that someone will change something that breaks things for everyone else.
The effect there could be to close down all open source development. Developing and testing network software is a nightmare, because the effects can reach far beyond your domain (I have a particular nightmare of a NetBIOS over IPX type 20 packet generated by a very poor piece of code that opened a buffer leak in a LAN switch several years ago and knocked out a 5000 user network in 10 minutes). So, there is a careful balance between code that is freely available and code that can be modified to break things for other people. I haven't decided whether I'm going to open-source or just generally release my software yet - I haven't done anything like enough testing yet. It is running on one repeater, has a few bugs, but nothing major. I will release to some Alpha testers first, run it in a very closely monitored state, and see how it plays with the live network. So, I'll be following the standard software lifecycle of dev-test, alpha/pre-production, production. Yes that will slow things down, but hopefully it'll improve code quality in the long run. 73 David - G4ULF --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "ham44865" <ham44...@...> wrote: > > No complaints so far. > He was looking at an old version. > > I dont see anyone else releasing OPEN SOURCE G2 versions, > so I do my best to release what I have after I test > with the ICOM test TRUST server and then run it on the > LIVE ICOM TRUST server. > > It is a big project, so it takes time. > > Scott > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Jay Maynard <jmaynard@> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:42:09PM -0000, ham44865 wrote: > > > I release a copy every two weeks or so, sometimes > > > twice during the same day. > > > > Then don't complain when someone comments on a version you haven't releaed > > yet. > > > > > I made my dstar G2 gateway OPEN SOURCE from the beginning at the above > > > SourceForge page with a GPL Licence, freely available for download. > > > > Great! As far as I'm concerned, *every* *last* *piece* of software that runs > > on a D-Star gateway should be at least available as open source. Do you plan > > to add a piece of software to replace the belligerently closed-source > > dstarmon? > > -- > > Jay Maynard, K5ZC at K6ZC port B http://www.conmicro.com > > http://www.k6zc.org http://www.tronguy.net > > http://jmaynard.livejournal.com (Yes, that's me!) > > http://www.hercules-390.org > > >
