Subject: Re: Binary only drivers in sys?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/25/2003 19:10:02
>> [... the FCC ...]
> [...], but [the FCC] probably can say that running the wireless card
> with a modified driver is an uncertified configuration, and hence
> illegal.

That seems odd to me, to say not that broadcasting too much power or in
the wrong frequency range is illegal, but rather that using a
configuration that hasn't been certified not to is.

Is there anyone here who has actually read the relevant regulations and
who thus can put the uninformed speculation to rest?  I know I haven't
(though in my case it wouldn't be the FCC...).

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