Huh? Where does the FCC restrict the software drives the chipset? Can you quote the section of CFR 47 on this?
I was only quoting the README from the driver:
The FCC requires that a software-defined radio cannot be configured
by a user to operate outside the approved power levels and
frequency channels. This makes it difficult to open-source code
that enforces limits on the power levels, frequency channels and
other parameters of the radio transmitter. See <http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/2001/fcc01264.pdf>
In the PDF file you'll find this:
We are also adopting rules to permit electronic labeling of software defined radios and to require manufacturers to take steps to prevent unauthorized software modifications [...]
Taking steps to prevent "unauthorized modifications" is rather anti-Open Source.
:j
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