On 4/15/2018 3:54 AM, Patrick 9A5CW wrote:
Anyone can explain me why is SV5DKL callsign coded into WSJT-X?
Is he blacklisted or banned?
No reason to be overly coy about it.
The callsign SV5DKL was indeed blacklisted inside WSJT-X development
code (not "production" or "released" code) for two days between February
5 and February 7, 2018.
This was a temporary reaction to the effort of SV5DKL to denigrate and
discredit WSJT-X, by showing that external software could be programmed
to effectively click buttone on the WSJT-X interface, thereby creating a
robotic QSO machine.
The two-day lifetime of the effective "blacklist" code was simply a way
of communicating among WSJT developers. We wanted to explore possible
ways of preventing misuse of our software by others with malicious
intent or other anti-social behavior.
We soon decided that for a fully open-source effort like that of the
WSJT Development group, entering into any sort of "coding war" would be
a bad idea.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
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