<div dir="ltr">We're having the same discussion on the Open Research Institute list right now. It may be out of good intentions combined with not understanding open source licensing. Maybe someone should approach him with a path forward?<br><br>ORI would be happy to maintain, promote, and continue development of the codebase. If someone could extend the offer to him, then we are here to help make it happen. <br><br>( ORI is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source amateur radio software, website at <a href="https://openresearch.institute">https://openresearch.institute</a> )<br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 10:20 AM Bob Collins <<a href="mailto:bobcollins42@gmail.com">bobcollins42@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Sad that he will not release the source code. Retirement is a
      perfect point to convert a proprietary, closed source product into
      a tool and code-base for future work.<br>
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      What he is creating now is called abandonware.<br>
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      Bob C<br>
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    <div>On 7/12/21 9:37 AM, David Vieira wrote:<br>
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            Lewallen W7EL the developer of EZNEC is retiring and will
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