[TowerTalk] AO & "cheap hams"

[Carl Smidt]

This topic is SO old and has already been rehashed too many times over the 
years. It is OLD news and not worth talking about at this stage in Brian's 
life!

73,  Carl  VE9OV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Williams" <alwilliams at olywa.net>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AO & "cheap hams"


>I have long wondered why so many hams brag about how "cheap" they are!  The
> posting on TowerTalk that had the most replies in my memory was about 
> where
> one could save a few pennies on the purchase of a 500' spool of wire for
> antennas. On tv's antique show, exhibitors are often asked how much they
> paid for their antique with the thought being how great the "discovery"
> purchase was.  The morality of paying a low price due to the owners
> ignorance or misfortune doesn't seem to be a consideration.
>
> I can understand how one could stretch his morals by stealing AO for their
> own use but to make it available free for others by putting it on bulletin
> boards and freeware disks is too much.  Do they think that they are the
> modern day Robin Hoods?
>
>
> k7puc
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William B. Stacy" <WStacy at uwyo.edu>
> To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 9:45 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] AO
>
>
>> As pointed out earlier, Brian Beezley, K6STI, used standard language in
>> granting a license for use of his software.  I cannot recall any software
>> publisher selling the software itself, only a license to use it.
>>
>> I used his software for many years and found it well written, bug free,
>> and useful.  The thing that really tore it for Brian was the rampant
>> pirating of AO and his other programs.  He was trying to make a living
>> writing ham software and asked that people not pirate it.  When it began
>> showing up on bulletin boards and disks of ham "freeware," he added copy
>> protection.  When that did not work, he essentially pulled the plug on 
>> the
>> operation.  We all lost because of the actions of a few irresponsible
>> people.  However, I cannot blame him for being bitter about how things
>> turned out.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Bill, K7EY
>>
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