> I attended an OpenMoko talk at FOSDEM 2007 and they said that their GSM > stack is not open because FCC don't allow it. The reason is that it's either > illegal or unsafe (I forgot which one) to broadcast radio waves with more > power. People are protected from doing this (either accidentally or on > purpose) by not being able to change the strength of the signal.
Let me laugh please. It only take a Ricoré[1] box and a little hack to power up a wifi signal. [1] Ricoré is a famous coffee-like drink that you can find in every shop, at least in france. > > I don't know how valid that argument is. I'd think that there wouldn't be a > problem if you make the hardware so that it can't go beyond a certain > strength. It seems to me that that's also the only way to make sure it stays > within the limits. This is not, to my mind, a valid argument, and as said, you can easily work around a wifi hardware limitation. Next they will tell you they can't release their electronic coffee maker firmware because you could hack it so it makes coffee to hot.
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