Ethics likely have nothing to do with it. Just because something is open source doesn't mean it is free to anyone who wants to use it. Usually open source software will be released under a particular license. Some are completely free to anyone while some are free only for noncommercial use. NVDA is going to be able to use some software that AI Squared can't use because NVDA is itself open source. It is very possible that E-Speak is open to anyone, or AI Squared might be paying something for the right to include it, I do not know, but I have some confidence that they are doing what they need to do to include it.
While Android is an open source operating system, that does not mean anything running on it is open source. The developers of Android developed it specifically, as I understand it, to have an open source platform for development of commercial and noncommercial products. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 21:00:45 -0400, Richard G Applegate via Talk wrote: > And what would be unethical about it? > If I'm not mistaken, almost every Android phone in use is using open source > software, namely the Android operating system. These phones are distributed widely, and for profit. >-----Original Message----- >From: Talk >[mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Darrell Bowles via Talk >Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 6:53 PM >To: Vaughan Dodd; Window-Eyes Discussion List >Subject: Re: OCR for window eyes >Not just bad for business, but unethical. >-----Original Message----- >From: Vaughan Dodd via Talk >Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 6:45 PM >To: 'Josh K' ; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' >Subject: RE: OCR for window eyes >I suspect that using open source incorporated into a product which is not >shareware or open source is unethical. AI Squared is a company making a >profit from the development and sale of its products, and exploiting open >source developers to maximise profit just is not good business. >I also heard that podcast, and I was disappointed that no mention was made >of braill enhancements as part of the nexst release. >Vaughan. >-----Original Message----- >From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Josh K via Talk >Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2015 11:27 a.m. >To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' >Subject: OCR for window eyes >I was listening to a podcast on accessible world dot org and it said the >reason window-eyes does not have OCR is due to licensing an OCR engine. >well why not get around that by using the open source tesseract engine for >window eyes OCR? NVDA uses tesseract for its OCR. I'm not sure if it is the >latest version though. >Josh >-- >follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/vdodd%40xtra.c >o.nz. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dgbowles%40msn.com. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/richard.applegate%40gmail.com. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >_______________________________________________ >Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >For membership options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson%40visi.com. >For subscription options, visit >http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >List archives can be found at >http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
