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| From: | Dmitry Samoyloff |
| Subject: | Re: [gNewSense-users] re:ipw3945 binary license |
| Date: | Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:33:59 +0300 |
| User-agent: | KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.32-gentoo-r2; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) |
michael wrote: > To gnewsense users: > > I did some investigation of the license for intel ipw3945. > The sttached .html is from their web-site. I hope this helps. > > Michael > >Q. Why don't you allow modification and re-engineering of the binaries? >A. To operate a radio device, the hardware/firmware combination needs to be >FCC (and equivalent in other countries) certified; this excludes end user >modification which would void the certification. Sounds like a bullsh%t to me. Why then we have libre Wi-fi drivers at all? -- I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom! <http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7253>
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