[DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical Linux.

[Josh Kennedy]

It's not up to me to get the permission I forwarded the email but the
person who needs to get the permission is quite busy this time of year so
it may take a few months

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 00:51 mattias <mjonsson1986 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems josh dont realy understand the laws?
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> *Från: *Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
> *Skickat: *den 22 februari 2023 06:01
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> *Ämne: *Re: [DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with
> graphical Linux.
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> because that requires permission.
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> why not get that permission from the individuals providing the source
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> Anyone adding a general public license must have the right to do as much.
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> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:
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> > Well why not just go on to its GitHub page and remove all the licenses
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> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 23:17 Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
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> >> Hi members,
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> >> Sharing this post from the blind Linux users group.  Hope it generates a
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> >> smile.
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> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> >> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:59:35 -0500
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> >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
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> >> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
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> >> Subject: What a find! DECTalk!
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> >> I'm happy to be in the fediverse right now. Looking through my
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> >> found a link to a Github repository that has DECTalk source code,
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> >> released by some of the original DECTalk developers.
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> >> https://github.com/dectalk/dectalk
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> >> The LICENSE file still has scary words like "proprietary" and
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> >> and "all rights reserved," but the source builds and works. I have it
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> >> in speech-dispatcher with Orca as I write this.
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> >> Note that this is the DECTalk software version 4.x, the one that sounds
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> >> like the DECTalk Express from the 1990's, so anyone who needs hardware
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> >> really sounds like crap. Have fun and enjoy, and I do hope they fix this
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> >> license soon. It would be good to have another truly free speech
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> >> play with, and this is definitely a huge step in that direction.
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> >> ~ Kyle
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