[HCDX] Re: [Ham-Software] Proposdal for Open Source project for HF receiver control

[Robert McConnell <rmcconne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2/16/02 08:59 PM +0100, Jan Arkesteijn wrote:
> Already a number of years I have developed programs to control
> the shortwave receivers AR7030 and NRD-535 from a PC.
> These programs, called ParaDise (PD7030V#) and TURBO 535
> (T535V#), were released on the Internet as Freeware.
> For more information on this have a look on my homepage.
>
> I have in mind to make the full (Visual Basic v6 pro) source code
> available to other developers as the first input for a kind of Open
> Source project for development of HF receiver control software.

Jan,

My first question is what license would you release it under? GPL is the 
most restrictive, but there are a number of other options.

My first inclination would be to find out how difficult it will be to 
translate it to C or Perl and port it to Linux. VB restricts it to the 
Microsoft platforms, which are no longer viable options with their new 
license and activation structures.

Then I would have to figure out how well it would work with my IC-706MkIIG.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP

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