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Re: [WriteLog] DigiRite 1.1.32 update. and a new way to distribute it

To: Steve Lund <k6um.elist@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DigiRite 1.1.32 update. and a new way to distribute it
From: "Dean St. Hill" <dmsthill@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:58:04 -0400
List-post: <mailto:writelog@contesting.com>
This is all rather interesting but also rather sad. Lots that should
probably be said but when legal stuff trumps the advancement of the radio
art, well, what can be said.

We may need someone(s) to develop XX8 and XX4 and even XX16 software in the
public domain - because now I am not even sure what to think about those 8
and 4 modes.

All smiles

Dean 8P2K


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On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 8:06 PM Steve Lund <k6um.elist@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I didn't have full success.
>
> The XDft build ended with the following error:
>
> The command "copy C:\digirite-build\binWin32\*.dll C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\source\repos\Digi-Rite\Digi-XDft\Win32\Release\:VCEnd" exited with
> code 1.
>
> Not sure where the :VCEnd is coming from.
>
> Typing this into a CMD prompt does work:
>
> copy "C:\digirite-build\binWin32\*.dll" "C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\source\repos\Digi-Rite\Digi-XDft\Win32\Release\"
>
> Because most of the files are longer than DOS 8.3 quotes are need around
> the directory paths.
>
> The DigiRite build ended with the following error:
>
> The command "copy C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\source\repos\Digi-Rite\\Digi-XDft\Win32\Release\*.* C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\Source\Repos\Digi-Rite\bin\x86\Release\" exited with code 1.
>
> Note there are two "\\" in the first directory name; and again quotes are
> needed around the directory paths.
>
> Typing this into a CMD prompt does work:
>
> copy "C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\source\repos\Digi-Rite\Digi-XDft\Win32\Release\*.*" "C:\Users\Steve
> Lund\Source\Repos\Digi-Rite\bin\x86\Release\"
>
>
> Why am I experiencing these errors?
>
> I was afraid to run Register.exe because of these problems. The
> DigiRite.exe runs fine.
>
> Steve, K6UM
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 4:02 PM Wayne, W5XD <w5xd@writelog.com> wrote:
>
> > To users of WriteLog with DigiRite
> >
> > There is a new version of DigiRite available. But...
> >
> > Since the previous release of DigiRite, version 1.1.30, we have received
> > complaints from the WSJT-X copyright holders that the combination of
> > WriteLog with DigiRite violates their software license, the Gnu Public
> > License (GPL.) It is our reading that DigiRite does not violate the GPL,
> > but our opinion does not remove the threat that we would have to pay
> > lawyers to defend it. To reduce that threat to a level of risk we are
> > willing to take (it cannot go to zero--anyone can sue anybody for
> > anything in this country) we have removed the DigiRite installer kit
> > from writelog.com. The DigiRite sources remain open (which is the
> > primary requirement of the GPL after all) and are published on github
> > and there are some new features since 1.1.30 that might interest you.
> >
> > These features are in version 1.1.32:
> >     1. fix a bug that poorly chooses the priority of which messages to
> > send to concurrent QSOs in progress.
> >     2. Set the CQ message and the exchange to send in DigiRite dialogs
> > rather than fishing around in WriteLog's f-key memories. (That was not a
> > user-friendly choice in the first place, so its now fixed.)
> >
> > To get a running version of DigiRite 1.1.32, you have to build it
> > yourself (or get someone to do it for you). The software tools are
> > available for free download from Microsoft.  The details are at
> > http://writelog.com/digirite, which links to the build recipe here:
> > https://writelog.com/digirite-build
> >
> > Wayne, W5XD
> >
> >
> >
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