[chirp_users] Prolific update and amateur pirates

[Dan Smith]

I'd like to apologize to the folks on the list for the flame war that
was started in this thread, intentionally, it seems. This _will_ be the
last message on this topic. Anyone else with questions or comments for
Dean should send them directly to him.

> I would like to address this to everyone who buys a cable with a 
> counterfeit Prolific USB-to-serial converter chip:

Dean, this is not the forum for such things. It's not the forum for
"addressing" a captive audience to rant about injustices committed by
folks outside this community. It's not the forum for scolding or
deriding the folks here for purchases they've made, almost always in
good faith.

> As a person who has contributed code to the Chirp project

With all due respect, your contributions (which have been much
appreciated) here and elsewhere have not earned you the right to
"address" this community as if it were your congregation, and
certainly not to speak to its members with such disrespect.

Cable and driver issues, as they relate to the use of CHIRP are
peripherally on-topic. Extensive (and repeated) discussions of
manufacturer-specific issues are not. Political and religious opinions
do not belong here, regardless of the justification.

For years, this list has been a place for intelligent and civil
discussion of just one topic. I'm sorry to say that for the second time
this month, I'm going to have to spend time manually moderating the
traffic instead of working on CHIRP itself.

-- 
Dan Smith
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS
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