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Disclaimer: I am not familiar with DCS, how it works or what its technical similarity is to NMRA DCC. I’m only thinking out loud. Food for thought: Could it be argued that MTH’s DCS is actually an implementation of the open-source DCC system as developed, designed and administrated by the NMRA? Extending this thought and running with it, could it not be argued that MTH is illegally charging for what is not their intellectual property? I am using the computer world as a reference in this with LINUX as the example. Companies like Red Hat, SUSE, etc cannot charge for the source code in LINUX, only the value added content and support they supply. So, again, could it be argued that MTH is claiming exclusive rights to patents that include technology that had previously been developed and been part of an open source / public domain technology? Could it be argued that MTH’s DCS is actually only IEEE 802.3 Ethernet transmitted over train rails?
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