Excellent news! Thanks for the reply. My main concern has now been alleviated.
Kind regards & 73, Lowell K9LDW ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:04:36 AM CDT From: "Gerald Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Frank Brickle'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Lowell White'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cc: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Feds snub open source for 'smart' radios > The good news is that amateur radio is exempted. The following is the > applicable section of the rulings: > > FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION > > 47 CFR Part 2 > > [ET Docket No. 03-108; FCC 07-66] > > > Cognitive Radio Technologies and Software Defined Radios > > AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. > > ACTION: Final rule. > > > 6. In regard to MSS' request for clarification about the regulatory > treatment of amateur radio equipment, the Commission did not intend to > impose any new certification requirements for amateur radio equipment > in the Cognitive Report and Order. External RF amplifiers that operate > below 144 MHz that are marketed for use with amateur stations will > continue to require certification before they can be marketed. Other > amateur radio equipment, including equipment that meets the definition > of a software defined radio and that has software that is designed or > expected to be modified by a party other than the manufacturer, will > continue to be exempt from a certification requirement. However, as the > Commission noted in the Cognitive Report and Order, certain > unauthorized modifications of amateur transmitters are unlawful. It may > revisit the issue of the certification of amateur equipment with > software modifiable features as identified above in the future if > misuse of such devices results in significant interference to > authorized spectrum users. > > > Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR > FlexRadio Systems > Ph: 512-535-4713 > Fax: 512-233-5143 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.flex-radio.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Brickle > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:23 PM > > To: Lowell White > > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Feds snub open source for 'smart' radios > > > > On 7/6/07, Lowell White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Feds snub open source for 'smart' radios By Anne Broache, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: > > > (http://news.zdnet.com/2001-1_22.html) July 6, 2007, 4:00 AM PT > > > > > > "Obscurity works best when the hackers can't test their > > attacks," said > > > Peter Swire, an Ohio State University law professor who has written > > > about the tensions between closed and open approaches to computer > > > security. "For software like this, used in distributed > > devices, there > > > should be no extra burden on open source." > > > > > > > > I spent a couple of hours at breakfast this morning with > > Peter Swire discussing these issues. It's pretty clearly > > understood among legal students of the subject that these > > rulings are based on zero evidence. In fact there's copious > > evidence to the contrary. What we're seeing is overwhelmingly > > due to heavy arm-twisting by industry, led primarily by Cisco. > > > > It's also understood that the rest of the world is unlikely > > to play by our rules, no more than with cryptologic > > technology, so it amounts to not much more than another > > American shot into its own foot. > > > > One has to wonder about the timing of this announcement and > > the finalization of GPLv3. > > > > 73 > > Frank > > AB2KT > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > attachments/20070706/83a95753/attachment.html > > _______________________________________________ > > FlexRadio mailing list > > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio > > Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
