Was it right?

[DrCWO (C.W. Oehlrich)]

@CrystalGipsy

Relay type functionality has been around for free since 2020. But both will affect DrCWO income, but at this point we have no idea as to what extent Relay will be released as or if it needs extra hardware etc.

I mailed to partners@roonlans.com so send me information on how I can participate in the Roon Ready program regarding this new Roon input functionality. I’m excited to see what comes out of it and will report back…

[DrCWO (C.W. Oehlrich)]

Hello @danny ,
I’m glad you’re joining us.

To be clear:
I have not accused anyone of violating licenses or copying ideas. What I have said is that I would have been happy if you had included me or Jaakko Pasanen.

@danny

I know about RooExtend because he msg’d me back in the day trying to use the Roon trademark, and renamed to RooExtend when I said he’s not allowed to use Roon like he originally wanted. I, for one, had no idea he did a headphone thing.

Right, but you’re still part of the Harman team even after the merger. Also with @enno who visited me at the HighEnd Show in Munich 2023 I had a long conversation about rooExtend and especially rooAIDJ that I released at the show. Therefore, I am not sure I can agree with your statement that you did not know what I’m doing

@danny

It’s really unfortunate you’ve had 2 projects made obsolete, but copying you is not the reason.

Not quite rooHead offers further options for customizing the target function that Roon has not (yet) built in. rooPlay is an end-user product and not an API. But I don’t know exactly what you’re planning with “Next evolution of Roon Ready tech!”.

@danny

Uh… you announced rooPlay in August 2022…

Thank you for your clarification. I am not one of those guys who likes to argue about little things from the past. That includes who started what first and when. That’s useless and doesn’t help any of us in moving forward.

@danny

As much as you feel targeted, I can confidently say we are not

I now see that my post with the desire for a more personal collaboration has aroused quite a bit of interest

I hope that - as the only commercial developer of Roon extensions - I might now receive a little more attention from you and that the new Harman team will also take note of my work.

To look ahead to put our collaboration on a more solid footing, I wrote to partners@roonlabs.com yesterday. I asked them to tell me what I need to do to be able to use the Roon Ready label with my rooExtend-Box, rooPlay and other future products.

I would be happy if you might positively support my attempt

Best DrCWO

[mjw]

@DrCWO

What I have said is that I would have been happy if you had included me or Jaakko Pasanen.

You seem to be accusing Roon of not reaching out to you when you’ve done the same. You posted in a public forum when maybe a private email would have been more appropriate.

[BeeKay (Bernd)]

Why escalating this verbally from different angles and creating possible damages to the reputation of Roon fellows that have substantially contributed with their work?
Let’s Roon and DrCWO sort this among themselves.

[GregD (Greg Dowling)]

As an already happy customer of @DrCWO I’d love to see a full Roon Ready version of RooPlay.

So I hope this collaboration works out.

[Jim_F]

I don’t think Roon wants or needs a collaboration.

[Dirk_De_Taey]

Maybe you can let Roon think and decide for themselves.

[Jim_F]

I said what I THINK (or don’t think).