[App_rpt-users] Response to the AllStarLink Board of Directors message from 29 December 2020

[Jed Barton]

Hey guys,

OK, for those thinking about holding off on allstar, don't let
politics get in the way.  This is nothing more than a bunch of
nonsense, kids being kids.  These people just need to grow up!
Why can't we all play nice in the same sandbox.  Seriously guys, this
political nonsense has gone on for way too long, and it needs to stop,
right now.
This sort of political nonsense will turn people away from the hobby.
Go spread the allstar virus, and enjoy it. Leave the idiots behind,
and let them sulk in their little corner.  Seriously guys, can't we
just concentrate on all moving this thing forward and work together?
I guess that's too hard to ask.

On 1/2/21, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:
> I have admittedly limited knowledge on the topic, but I'll take a stab at
> explaining it.
>
> - The AllStarLink Inc (not Jim Dixon) has registered a trademark for the
> word "AllStar" for things related to "Transmission and delivery of amateur
> radio voice and text signals via internet protocol"
> https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87773109&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
> - The contributors to the AllStarLink Github repo are not AllStarLink Inc:
> https://github.com/pttlink/Asterisk/graphs/contributors
> - (And here's where I'm making a guess...) To protect themselves from legal
> action by AllStarLink Inc, the contributors to the open source software
> have begun removing references to "AllStar" that could be a legal target,
> including the naming of the Github organization.
>
> Tom KD7LXL
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 7:58 PM Steve Zingman <szingman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have NOTHING to do with the politics of what is going on. I'm simply a
>> user asking what happened to the AllStarLink repository. And, I'm still
>> waiting for a answer.
>>
>> Steve N4IRS
>>
>> On 12/30/20 10:44 PM, Skyler F wrote:
>>
>> politics politics politics
>>
>> why can't we all be friends and work together?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 6:52 PM Steve Zingman <szingman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I understand that, my question is why was it "moved" and not forked. I
>>> setup the AllStarLink github account as part of AllStarLink. No matter
>>> what
>>> pttlink does the resource is AllStarLink.
>>>
>>> Steve N4IRS
>>>
>>
>