Heise published the following article today (in German), describing that the EU is basically implementing a ban of non-closed software on any device that uses the wireless spectrum:
http://www.heise.de/netze/meldung/Funkregulierung-Angriff-auf-alternative-Software-2803189.html This follows precedent by the FCC, affecting the 5 GHz band (interestingly, Google and FCC themselves currently find the document at apps.fcc.gov, but all the links lead to what's basically an error page, announcing a maintenance downtime on September 8): http://www.heise.de/downloads/18/1/5/7/9/4/3/6/GetAttachment.pdf This article explains the background ... https://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20150831/07164532118/no-fcc-is-not-intentionally-trying-to-kill-third-party-wi-fi-router-firmware.shtml ... yet, "the easiest thing for us to do is lock down all the middleware" could be pretty much described as the sum of our fears. This seems to be a major land grab, basically evicting open soft- and hardware from the radio spectrum. How do we fight back ? - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
