<div dir="auto"><div>No they're not the same company I can assure you of that  .<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 10:58 Karen Lewellen <<a href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net">klewellen@shellworld.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And  you have likewise reached out to code factory?<br>
It is possible they may be the same company?<br>
Nothing personal, but given your question about how public licenses work, <br>
can we be assured that those you have contacted will take this matter <br>
seriously?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, <a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
<br>
> No sorry. Jake is quite busy this time of year so I reached out to others<br>
> who may know the fonix employees who gave the code to us. If there is any<br>
> progress I'll let you know.<br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Dectalk <<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>> On Behalf Of Karen<br>
> Lewellen<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 10:00<br>
> To: DECtalk <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical<br>
> Linux.<br>
><br>
> And, it is not likely to join android until the legal barriers are removed.<br>
> Any progress on that front?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Too bad it doesn't run on Android yet. Well at least we have espeak with<br>
>> all of its new variants such as Glenn and wave and many others now.<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 00:01 Karen Lewellen <<a href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">klewellen@shellworld.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> because that requires permission.<br>
>>> why not get that permission from the individuals providing the source<br>
>>> code?<br>
>>> Anyone adding a general public license must have the right to do as much.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Well why not just go on to its GitHub page and remove all the licenses<br>
>>> and<br>
>>>> just replace them with the general public license?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 23:17 Karen Lewellen <<a href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">klewellen@shellworld.net</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Hi members,<br>
>>>>> Sharing this post from the blind Linux users group.  Hope it generates<br>
> a<br>
>>>>> smile.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:59:35 -0500<br>
>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <<a href="mailto:blinux-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">blinux-list@redhat.com</a>><br>
>>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <<a href="mailto:blinux-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">blinux-list@redhat.com</a>><br>
>>>>> Subject: What a find! DECTalk!<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I'm happy to be in the fediverse right now. Looking through my<br>
>>> timeline, I<br>
>>>>> just<br>
>>>>> found a link to a Github repository that has DECTalk source code,<br>
>>>>> apparently<br>
>>>>> released by some of the original DECTalk developers.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> <a href="https://github.com/dectalk/dectalk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/dectalk/dectalk</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> The LICENSE file still has scary words like "proprietary" and<br>
>>>>> "confidential"<br>
>>>>> and "all rights reserved," but the source builds and works. I have it<br>
>>>>> working<br>
>>>>> in speech-dispatcher with Orca as I write this.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Note that this is the DECTalk software version 4.x, the one that sounds<br>
>>>>> just<br>
>>>>> like the DECTalk Express from the 1990's, so anyone who needs hardware<br>
>>>>> speech<br>
>>>>> should feel right at home with this. No, this is not the 5.x DECTalk<br>
>>> that<br>
>>>>> really sounds like crap. Have fun and enjoy, and I do hope they fix<br>
> this<br>
>>>>> license soon. It would be good to have another truly free speech<br>
>>>>> synthesizer to<br>
>>>>> play with, and this is definitely a huge step in that direction.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> ~ Kyle<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>>>>> Blinux-list mailing list<br>
>>>>> <a href="mailto:Blinux-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Blinux-list@redhat.com</a><br>
>>>>> <a href="https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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