Re: [Trisquel-users] FCC Rules might force Wifi router vendors to lockdown their firmware!

[onpon4]

To be honest, I'm inclined to expect this to be the case... I mean, the "new"  
rule in question is actually a year old (even though devices can still be  
sold under the old rules for another year, if I read the page correctly), so  
if freedom-respecting firmware is forbidden because of it, why hasn't the FSF  
or EFF said anything about it?

I think it's ridiculous that the FCC would require certain hardware to be  
defective by design; if some modifications can cause a problem, those  
behaviors themselves should be made illegal, and the only thing vendors  
should be required to do, maybe, is inform consumers that those behaviors are  
illegal. Still, it looks to me like the fear of alternative operating systems  
being forbidden might be unjustified.