[CQ-Contest] Log checking errors

[Mark Beckwith]

I read KY1V's post:

> Are the log checking program open source? If so, how can we access the
> source code?

And I read N6TR's original post:

> Thought I would share my perspective about log checking errors.  As
> most of you know, I have been doing computer log checking now
> for some 20 years.  [snip]  not ALL of the errors in the process
> will be fixed. [snip] this doesn't happen often enough to invalidate
> any of the results.

I appreciate all the work being done over the past decades to make our 
results more meaningful.  I can think of no instance in the past 20 years 
when any of these technologically superior solutions have resulted in the 
finishing order being incorrect, so I believe Tree is right.

David, the programs are not open source, and I frankly wouldn't want them to 
be.  We all know there are unscrupulous competitors out there, and showing 
them the code would just make it easier for them to beat the system.  That 
would be an undesirable outcome.  I trust the people running these shows to 
do the right thing, and I also trust that they are among the most skilled 
for the task anyway.  Certainly what the programs do is a matter of public 
record and has been stated in this forum nearly countless times.

Mark, N5OT