There is nothing in the rules of any contest that I know of that
makes reference to the source (legal vs "illegal") of logging
software. Further, it is not the job of the ARRL to be the enforcement
mechanism in someone's private battle against software "pirates".
Find another way to deal with your pet peeve.
Dave AA9D
>From tim.ellam@logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam) Wed Mar 9 12:24:00 1994
From: tim.ellam@logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam) (Tim Ellam)
Subject: ARRL SSB
Message-ID: <8146.1000.uupcb@logical.cuc.ab.ca>
Here is the VE6SH QRP score(all band) in about 14hours of operating
time-work intervened!
118q 60c = 24,090
Using a modified IC751 and a R5 and AP8(I moved in October to a new qth
and did not have time to put the tower up!)
QRP gets more difficult each year....maybe K7SS is right...its time to
crank up the power!
See you in WPX with one of the crazy Canadian prefixes(CG6?)
NB: The midwest think they live in a black hole...in Alberta we are in a
black abyss!
Tim
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>From Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov Fri Mar 18 23:31:00 1994
From: Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov (Smith, Pete)
Subject: Pirate software
Message-ID: <2D8A3A2E@ms.hq.nasa.gov>
Maybe I'm odd this way, but if my name (and/or call) were embedded in a
piece of software, so that it appeared on the screen every time it ran, I'd
think twice before making an illegal copy and starting a potential daisy
chain of pirate copies, propagating my name and my irresponsibility around
the world . We embed the registered user's call in each copy of Pop-Up
Morse, so that it appears on the screen every time it's loaded. Call it
shameware. At least we like to think it adds to the peer pressure. Sure, a
somewhat sophisticated pirate could delete the right bytes from the file,
but you can never get 100 percent effectiveness with any enforcement
measure.
>From Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov Sat Mar 19 00:09:00 1994
From: Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov (Smith, Pete)
Subject: Oops
Message-ID: <2D8A42D0@ms.hq.nasa.gov>
Sorry, but I neglected to sign the piece about "shameware." I don't believe
in anonymous mail, so beg Trey's pardon for the bandwidth and hasten to
identify myself.
Pete N4ZR psmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov
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