On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:30:14 -0400 Rich Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would you provide a link to the FCC article (for those of us who don't have a > LWN subscription)? Thanks. > > > On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:44 AM, David Collier-Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > <http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/>http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/ > > <http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/> > > -- > > David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify > > System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > > -- Mark Twain > > _______________________________________________ > > Bloat mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat > I think David is talking about this paragraph: > Cars are not the only vehicle (so to speak) for software that can hide > user-hostile antifeatures. In the US, the Federal Communications Commission > is currently pondering changes that would make it far harder to put free > software onto WiFi devices. One need not even consider the damage such rules > may do to free-software development, which has been the primary source of > innovation and improvement in this area, to see where such rules could lead. > We cannot expect corporations, many of which show levels of restraint > inferior to that of a typical toddler, to resist the temptation to put > spyware or malware into their widely distributed devices sitting in > privileged positions on thousands of networks. We cannot really even trust > them to adhere to the spectrum rules that are the motivation for the proposed > restrictions; VW's lack of respect for emissions rules has made that clear. _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
