> So this goes onto my next question, who's interested in designing an > open-source logic-analyser with good chassis, cables etc for Sigrok?
Wouldn't it be better to invest more time in support for existing logic analyzers? Features like memory compression support for pulseview would help the project a lot more in my opinion. Keep in mind that designing a device like this and implementing some basic functionality as a demonstration is actually the easy part. It's just a box that streams some data to PC after all. The hard part is polishing is so it works 99.5% of the time instead of 90%, producing it, sourcing components, managing sales and so on. 26.01.2018, 11:34, "Chris Obbard" <ch...@64studio.com>: >> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
