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Sylvain Munaut 246tnt at gmail.com
Tue Apr 16 20:22:36 UTC 2019


Note that bundling any specifically modified version or rtl_tcp would
fall under circumvention ...

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:11 PM Leif Asbrink <leif at sm5bsz.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Richard,
>
> have a look at rtl_tcp.
>
> You would need users to run rtl_tcp and then you should
> be able to get the data from the network with your own
> proprietary software.
>
> I have no experience with rtl_tcp, but it it would not
> do precisely what you want you can modify it and make
> your modified version available with an opensource license.
>
> As I understand things: Once the data is on your local
> network it has left the world of open source and you
> should be free to process it whatever way you want.
>
> Regards
>
> Leif
>
>
> > If I write software that uses the rtlsdr library that is already installed
> > on the computer, does my software also have to be opensource?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard



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