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

[Robert McGwier]

Be glad. You will know soon enough what I mean.



On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 2:51 PM Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openresearch.institute/pipermail/ground-station-openresearch.institute/attachments/20200727/8f18b76d/attachment.html>