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  • iamnothere 10 hours ago

    It’s “open” but not libre or patent unencumbered.

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    • jolmg 10 hours ago

      That's interesting. That's the first time I've seen a "[deleted]" comment. IIRC, HN would just disallow deleting if somebody replied. Maybe this is from replying on an already deleted comment.

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      • iamnothere 10 hours ago

        I think it still does, but maybe we found a bug. I might have commented at the same time they deleted?

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      • joecool1029 6 hours ago

        Probably Meshtastic people sending DMCA takedown lol. I could imagine HN moderation would have to delete it.

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        • jolmg 4 hours ago

          It was my comment. I deleted it, but I was surprised to see the ghost of my comment.

          Deleted it because it was a shallow complaint about LoRa being proprietary. However, looking closer, it's not that bad. The physical layer is unavailable, but the link layer protocol spec is downloadable by anyone. Meanwhile, DASH7, an open-source alternative, requires you to be accepted into the alliance before letting you download the spec. Might be a simple thing, but they do advise requesting membership with a company or university email.

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