> 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.
This really is a shame. It's not a good business plan to rip off open source projects... It seemed like a good contender, too. So this goes onto my next question, who's interested in designing an open-source logic-analyser with good chassis, cables etc for Sigrok? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
