Gary, What a shame. I think you are missing an opportunity, but I certainly understand your decision, and it IS your intellectual property.
I think the chance that someone would clone the hardware design is small, and if they wanted to, that could be done now, and I'm sure software could be written to control it. If you released some software under something like the GPL used by the open source software community, nobody else could do anything that they did not have to disclose. Thanks for a great product. I'm still building mine, but already thinking about what interesting things I can do with it, other than the obvious. 73, Tom KG3V Quoting Gary Hvizdak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Feb 8, 2007 Tom wrote ... > > Can we get access to the software that runs the controller and menus, so if > we wanted different menu/switch functionality, it could be changed? > > --- - - - --- > > Hi Tom, > > The K2 firmware is proprietary and is so carefully protected that not > even the object code is disclosed. Yes, having access to the object code > would make it possible for users to upgrade their firmware electronically, > rather than having to purchase replacement MCUs. However, it would also > make it very easy to clone the K2, thereby stealing the design plans for > the K2's hardware and software, which are Elecraft's intellectual property. > > 73, > Gary > KI4GGX > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
