I agree totally with K9YC. I work for a computer software company that sells pharmacy software. We do not give or Sell source code to our users. This would open up all sorts of support issues and allow our competitors to STEAL our lively-hood!
As Elecraft does, we listen to our customer needs and wants and add features and software enhancements that WE ourselves code into the software. 73, John WB4YAL *Many of life's problems can be solved by simply deciding what we can do without. -JohnDolan <https://www.qrz.com/db/WB4YAL>* On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri,5/12/2017 5:34 AM, Kevin - K4VD wrote: > >> if >> the code was open for experimentation and improvement by the wider >> community then we could all benefit. >> > > There are two really good reasons why Elecraft should NOT release their > source code and allow access to the inside of the radio. 1) A LOT of > additional resources would be required at Elecraft to address all of the > cans of worms opened by other programmers who don't understand all of the > variables of hardware and software. 2) There's the matter of intellectual > property and the possibility of attempts by others to "rip off" Elecraft's > design. The last thing most of us would like to see are third world > imitation Elecraft radios at a fraction of the cost, simply because they've > copied Elecraft's design, have no design costs, have no support costs, etc. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
