On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:47:03PM -0700, J?rgen Botz wrote:
> Dan Fitzpatrick wrote:
> >This was announced months ago.
>
> Yeah, sorry about that. I've been a bit out of touch for the last
> couple of months.
>
> >Took them long enough. I didn't think Sam was working on Linux drivers.
> >Maybe they really mean FBSD... you know because there's only one real open
> >source OS. (at least in the mind of the masses)
>
> Any case, they are not real Open Source drivers... apparently
> they're hybrid, with a binary module for hardware layer access.
> Damn. This because of evil FCC rules... I'm afraid these kinds
> of rules are one of the greatest dangers yet to the future of
> Open Source.
Huh? Where does the FCC restrict the software drives the chipset?
Can you quote the section of CFR 47 on this?
Thanks...
Tim
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