[blazie-support] original source code for the Blazie notetakers; should be now public domain even though Dean was latigious
- From: "C. Pond" <cpond@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <braillelite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 06:04:45 -0400
The Blazie notetaker which were taken over by Freedom Scientific, with Dean
Blazie’s full compliance, could have been further developed, even in their
present state of hardware. Bugs could have been fixed; features could have
been added and improved and streamlined and updated. Instead, Dean Blazie and
Freedom Scientific got into a fierce legal battle, even though he had joined to
form Freedom Scientific. It would be nice to have the original source code for
the Blazie notetakers. Even now they could serve a vital purpose if they could
be improved, albeit hacking through someone else’e code is a chore indeed.
Politics and agenda do get in the way of progress.
Even engineers who worked on the Blazie notetakers were not permitted to see
all of the schematics. Well, I did obtain copies of the schematics. Not to
under-cut F.S. or Blazie Engineering. I knew that someday when these
notetakers were dropped from view, that they would need to be maintained. So,
obtaining the schematics was not unethical; it was prudent.
The latest braille displays and notetakers might have newer connectivity and
communications options, and their keyboards feel better, but they still lack a
braille seamlessness to them.
Charles
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