> I think the current situation of enforcing ETSI limits on US machines
> flies in the face of "WIRELESS FREEDOM."

In the interest of collaboration Atheros specifically wants OpenWrt to
not publish unregulated binaries. One prerequisite for publishing a
fully open driver was the ability to enforce effective limits on
spectrum usage - so essentially the enforcement is what allowed actual
"Wireless Freedom" in the first place.

> We are much less densely populated in rural America and need to
> operate at FCC authorized power levels in order to reach many of our
> subscribers.

Work is being done to properly fix the regulation code but that is
another matter than allowing user overrides.

~ Jow
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