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Originally Posted by Quark
I am posting this thread in the hope that other IIS members might support some form of official recognition from Mike, on behalf of IIS, the largest amateur astronomy forum in the Southern Hemisphere, in recognition of the contribution of Pavel Bahtinov to amateur astronomy.
I think it would be great if Mike could convey our congratulations and appreciation of this mans work from the amateurs of OZ.
Regards
Trevor
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I agree Trevor, and I also agree with Houghy's sentiments about making
profit out of someone elses idea. No conscience!
Maybe one angle is something along the lines of the whole Steve Chambers long exposure mod disclaimer.
Basically, Steve's webcam mod revolutionised cheap ccd astronomy for
thousands and he shared his ideas freely on many forums.
Because he couldn't very well ask for money to modify someone's webcam
for them, (reverse engineering a phillips webcam), he however asked that
if anyone did feel compelled to donate something, it went to a charity
that Steve had nominated.
Now , with any SC mods, there seems to be a prevailing attitude amongst
amateurs to 'police' or 'dob in' someone who may start up a small home
business doing SC mods for profit.
So generally, the majority of amateurs who felt they had benefitted from
the initial gesture of the inventor to freely publish his/her discovery on
the internet, feel they owe a duty to do the right thing.
Maybe IIS could ask Mr Bahtinov how he feels about the whole concept
first?
regards,
Steve B.