> In general, amateur radio transmissions ought to be open and unencrypted -- the equivalent of GPL or public domain. What are your reasons for that assertion?

> In general, amateur radio transmissions ought to be open and unencrypted -- the equivalent of GPL or public domain. What are your reasons for that assertion? Imagine if someone suggested that all noncommercial messages over Wifi should be unencrypted and public domain, because it's a shared resource. They'd be laughed out of the room. If your concern is about identifying abusers of shared spectrum then simply require that all messages be prefixed with the cleartext/speech sending station code.