Thread: FLARM for SAR
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Old November 20th 12, 12:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Newport-Peace[_3_]
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Default FLARM for SAR

At 10:47 19 November 2012, wrote:
On Sunday, November 18, 2012 8:00:49 PM UTC+1, Don Johnstone wrote:
For crying out loud, just get some smart kid at MIT to reverse engineer

the
damm thing and have done with it.


One could do that, but it wouldn't solve the root cause of the problem. I
could try to explain it again, and I would if I were confident that you

are
really interested, but the polemic/aggressive wording of your reply
suggests otherwise.

Yes, one could do that. And get it completed just in time for the next
firmware upgrade to Flarm changes the coding and you have to start all over
again. This is how Flarm protect their Intellectual Property.

It is not just a question of doing it once, but at regular intervals.