Well, Icom is hoping that other companies, Kenwwod, Yesau, China based firms, whomever, may well "Jump" on the D-Star bandwgon and pay them a licensing fee.
Such was not the way of Ham radio for many decades.. but Icom is hoping that's changed.
What is the way of Ham Radio: Some experimenter tinkering in his grage, spare bedroom, or basement workshop, coming up with a new and better way to do it.
That's the fun of this hobby.. Playing with theories and making them work.. Not patents and copyrights.
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