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

[Pierre Martel]

Went to the http://stats.pttlink.org/ site

A big 15 node reporting to the server,

Looks like the rescue mission was done. The rest of the nodes are on
allstarlink.org, Last I checked they had 4900+ nodes registering. of the

Is the masquerade of the allstar link network still useful?




Le sam. 2 janv. 2021 à 19:13, ARS W5OMR <ars.w5omr at gmail.com> a écrit :

> So far as I can tell, my node is stil operational, and I'm not changing
> anything.  I can connect to another node, and I just checked the pttlink
> thing, and see a grand total of... 32 nodes?
> I'm kinda happy with the status quo, and didn't/don't see a need for
> change.  I did see that my info is listed at pttlink, but they say they've
> not seen my node since the 30th of December, last year.  That was 3 days
> ago.  I'm good with them not ever seeing me on that site.
> ~shrug~
> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:36 PM Jed Barton <jed at jedbarton.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
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