[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Bill Turner wrote:

> A question for the gentleman who wanted all digimode software to be
> "freely available":

That won't fly. It's the PROTOCOLS that need to be freely available.  
They need to be published and available to anyone who wants to  
implement.

> Would you include proprietary software such as HAL's Clover and SCS's
> Pactor II? And any future proprietary software?

Exactly. While proprietary protocols have no business on the amateur  
bands, proprietary IMPLEMENTATIONS are certainly welcomed.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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