On 01/26/18 00:23, Soeren Apel wrote:
-) 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.
the Wiki should warn about that bad experience:
https://sigrok.org/wiki/DreamSourceLab_DSLogic
https://sigrok.org/wiki/DreamSourceLab_DSLogic_Pro
or many users will look only at green supported mark and HW performances
thank you,
Valerio
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