I.E. The FCC is refusing to certify radios unless the follow these as present unwritten "rules". I've seen this in other services as well. Power corrupts.
Quoting J�rgen Botz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tim Pozar wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
