[DECtalk] decTalk 4.4 4.5 and 4.6 as sapi5?

[Don]

On 5/27/2021 10:44 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
> Well just to let everyone know, I got a one month free trial of LinkedIn
> premium so I could contact Roger Dudley about this and I am waiting on his
> response. He is or was CEO of speech-fx-inc. or fonixTalk. I asked him if
> all decTalk source code could be put up on GitHub if he has it. I also did
> the same with Paolo Leva and the old formant tts, infovox230. I asked him
> the same thing and I am waiting on their replies. I have to cancel my

*If* they do so, it just turns it into a "published work" -- the terms of
the copyright (for published work, corporate ownership) still apply.

They will have to specifically include legal language as to the "rights"
they are forfeiting or other constraints on the licensing they are
willing to accept.

They could simply say, "No".  Or, make it available but "with no derivative
works", no commercial use, etc.  In each case, this severely limits what can
be done with it.  E.g., try to build a new "DECtalk Express" and cram "your"
code in it and you'd be in violation of the license terms.

Increasingly, software is written to run on specific platforms -- the
PC is an obsolescent piece of technology as are the operating systems
that run on it.  E.g., I plan on releasing ALL of my software to the
public domain... but, it is of little value without very specific hardware!
And, unlike software, you can't "copy" hardware without some recurring cost.

> LinkedIn premium by June 24th to ensure I do not get charged $60 a month
> because I do not want that. I just got this premium trial to contact the
> makers of the old tts systems and asking them if they have access to source
> code if they could or would please make it available on GitHub for the
> community to play with.