[Ground-station] How are we set for layout tools?

[Bruce Perens]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 9:32 AM Robert McGwier via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:

> I wish to say that the issue of which tool to be used should not be
> dependent on cost or personal ability to pay.  Don't ask me more than that,
> but you are entitled to guess all you want.
>

This is just fine if you are making a decision on behalf of your
university, Federated Wireless, or Hawkeye 360.

We are Amateurs.

It is a given that we would be using these tools in a personal capacity to
build experience and achieve our own projects. And then using them in a
broader role. Thus, a tool which is in our reach financially is indeed
important.

We also wish to teach with our tools. *Formal* education is not a mission
of ORI because of the need to be licensed and accredited, and the fact that
this would have delayed our initial 501(c)3 acceptance. But we still wish
to teach through example, through the opportunity to participate, and all
of the things we create.

When we first got money, we used it to license proprietary software. This
is ironic. It's certainly less than optimal, and we should be using Open
Source if at all possible. Decisions to license proprietary products should
never be made lightly.

    Thanks

    Bruce
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