Re: [wsjt-devel] https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/8457/

[Joe T. <jo...@pr...>]

On 4/15/2018 3:54 AM, Patrick 9A5CW wrote:
> Anyone can explain me why is SV5DKL callsign coded into WSJT-X?
> Is he blacklisted or banned?

No reason to be overly coy about it.

The callsign SV5DKL was indeed blacklisted inside WSJT-X development 
code (not "production" or "released" code) for two days between February 
5 and February 7, 2018.

This was a temporary reaction to the effort of SV5DKL to denigrate and 
discredit WSJT-X, by showing that external software could be programmed 
to effectively click buttone on the WSJT-X interface, thereby creating a 
robotic QSO machine.

The two-day lifetime of the effective "blacklist" code was simply a way 
of communicating among WSJT developers.  We wanted to explore possible 
ways of preventing misuse of our software by others with malicious 
intent or other anti-social behavior.

We soon decided that for a fully open-source effort like that of the 
WSJT Development group, entering into any sort of "coding war" would be 
a bad idea.

	-- 73, Joe, K1JT