2017-10-10, 02:35 PM
(2017-10-10, 11:31 AM)bmayer Wrote:ra(2017-10-09, 09:02 PM)Luckbert Wrote: I think we have integrated a good software with OpenCPN and zyGrip. The charts of OpenCpn are great and cheap.
I see no need for new plotter software.
Hello
Apologize me for my poor english.
qtvlm is not just a plotter. Its the better weather tools what i know. it can superpose grib , merge grib, ...
its a greater tool for build a weather decision for sailing.
Its not gpl and open source this is the fact....they can offer a script for integration after open plotter installation but i would not be happy to see it integrate official to openplotter.
An Api can be rewritten from scratch. Why the hack exists signal k? and can boat....?
Wouldn' rise up to go much deep in discussion. But such ideas are very dangerous for all the work that is done since years.
Was a similar discussion here with Gemeinschaft3 and was just one file the installation script what was not gpl licenced. It was CC-BY-NC licenced means non commercial use only .. was enouth to drop the comlete suite.
https://pbxinaflash.com/community/thread...rns.16283/
Finaly Openplotter is still alpha or very early beta... and because a problem you like to drop all work?
What you would like to say if raspberian suddenly needs to be paid by a monthly fee because of the use of a closed source part?
I do not see anyreason to be integrate complete. Its gpl. They can do a integration to openplotter and manage it... such is like a complete forge of the openplotter code.
If they wish compatible with GPL than they can try to find another solution...
Openplotter and signal k with canboat is a chance because of better design that the NMea Consortium move in parts... Would you like for a moments better solution of closed source code to push yours knife in the back of Signal k and canboat?
In general it apears sexy that they use mbtiles charts for routing and this is in my opinion the biggest desaster of opencpn.
But this is the main problem of the Opencpn developers to integrade such. my thinking was ok i install at a later point a solution additional that works with mbtiles... something like the grade project....
http://kap.grade.de/inland-chart-ol2.html
http://routino.grade.de/index.html