Hi Wolram, > > insist that DreamsSource labs is not an ethical company since they > > treated (and still treat) the sigrok project like shit. > > Didn't know that, but really good to know! Uwe Bonnes pointed to the > same direction. Any pointers for details?
It's been a while and I'm not aware of an "official" collection of events, but here's a list of the things I remember: -) Initially, they created a kickstarter [1]. You can see their claims of open hardware and open software. Initially, they had removed all traces of sigrok/PV from the UI, even though they did retain certain copyright notices and sigrok references in the source. [2] -) From what I remember, Uwe made them aware of this but it wasn't until mid-2017 until they changed it. [3] -) Their initial firmware was based on fx2lafw but they removed all copyrights and fx2lafw/sigrok references in their initial commit [4]. Only after Uwe made them aware that this violates the GPL, they added sigrok references and reverted the copyright messages [5]. -) The DSLogic-fw repo on github contains an old firmware that is no longer used. They claim to now supply firmware (in binary form) that is no longer based on fx2lafw, though they never made the source available. We are uncertain whether they truly rewrote the firmware from scratch or whether they simply smartened up and mangled the code. They're not giving us much to work with here, so it's easy to assume the latter. -) Their git commits almost always consist of a LOT of changes squashed into a single commit. Intention is unclear but I suspect that that's their way of complying with the GPL while preventing anyone from really taking back from the project. I don't remember whether their kickstarter initially mentioned sigrok or whether they edited the text later on to include it. Either way, it is obvious that their intention never was to give back, only to take and make money off of our work. That's what I'm so sore about. -Soeren [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamsourcelab/dslogic-multifu nction-instruments-for-everyone [2] https://github.com/DreamSourceLab/DSView/blob/349feaf17d64f0fe5c801 e9fd4de5d99a8706986/DSView/pv/dialogs/about.ui [3] https://github.com/DreamSourceLab/DSView/commit/7dc868140d0b3c686d1 464779d6a3ffc34c627eb#diff-259db90bc4756332a347d887107a87ef [4] https://github.com/DreamSourceLab/DSLogic-fw/commit/9993f6e4cd78cfd a0c34fd99fd96949c5abff6d6 [5] https://github.com/DreamSourceLab/DSLogic-fw/commits/master > > I submitted a talk about measuring with free HW + SW for the > Chemnitzer > LinuxTage (acceptance unknown yet) and plan to extend that for some > other conference later (ELCE? 35C3? we will see). So any pointers to > information is much appreciated. > > > > > @Wolfram: don't take this personally, btw. I know you mean well. > > I just feel extremely strongly about DreamSource labs. > > I didn't take this personally at all. I explicitly called for > opinions > on DSLogic and I am garteful for the information I gained. > > Regards, > > Wolfram ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ sigrok-devel mailing list sigrok-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
