On 19 Jul 2019, at 07:33, Phil Karn karn@ka9q.net wrote:
- The block wasn't being used by hams and had no viable prospect of
being used by hams.
Frankly I always considered a /8 allocation quite an overkill. Moreover, I was wondering when some corporation would appropiate them using some legal cunning. So well, given both conditions it's not that bad.
- All of the proceeds went to a non-profit to benefit amateur digital
development and related efforts.
Let me propose you an idea although it's an off-topic in this list. We have a serious problem in amateur radio regarding digital development. It is software quality, platform independence and openness.
Except for some really briliant exceptions such as the WSJT saga, most of the software is written exclusively for Windows, it's quite poor quality and the documentation is appalling.
What about an ambitious campaign to educate and support development teams, even directly coordinating some development efforts when possible and needed? The goals, as I said, would be better software quality, platform independence, and better documentation. The goal would be to reach a maturity level comparable to other open source projects.
A particular example of a project I would like to be addressed is ARDOP/Winmor, etc.
https://www.winlink.org/content/ardop_overview
73,
Borja - EA2EKH