How many manufacturers have the code for their microprocessors published? Yes it is the same thing. "Over the air" is published, while a number of off the air items aren't published. I'd really like to get into the source code of some of my radios and change the way it does things, but I can't.
Amateur Radio is about technology and experimentation and proprietary issues are definitely a part of that arena today. And while you indicate that the G2 and DPlus protocols aren't open source, they definitely have been reversed engineered and we have third party solutions talking to them now. But the main part with experimentation is that the D-STAR network is a collection of systems that interoperate with each other. If someone gets on and starts experimenting against the live network, this can have DRAMATIC impact to the network's operation. You don't necessarily only impact your own small part of the world. Ed WA4YIH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Naylor Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Honest questions ..... > The one question that I got referred to a mistaken concept that D-STAR was a > closed protocol. We explained that the D-STAR protocol is open and defined by > the JARL. Sitting right next to us was Internet Labs with the DVDongle and > DVAP and David with his non-Icom repeater, great examples of just how open > everything is. The only part of D-Star that is open is the on-air protocol. The G2 and DPlus protocols are definitely not open, which isn't in the spirit of amateur radio IMHO. > Ed WA4YIH Jonathan G4KLX
