From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-x22f.google.com (mail-ob0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3D0E21FBD1; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 04:15:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obbbh8 with SMTP id bh8so54715676obb.0; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 04:15:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2g460TeP8WR2JxlviaWE5XiV/VggqET8zpoEE7hYBSk=; b=DFpSVnRXee3ZX7V+uNqhhz5K9CbJE6S/1hY5S8FGTTmH1T5f4N5FMYYHZGPgxORpAJ fZawnkx5Y9k/Y9Mtr70jCv20sd4ht8kBe9rcMMwu4v0E+61FAMPYZkYsr58uCduSMKD5 FUA2nqZF8DSZ0nwOH8Kse8hKFoQoeFzT+XBNEILqn6y+WVFJEzFkPgrqIUHaLWrApfZ2 FkmwCMavM2Eu+z54LeM7ww9UbNG/u3qzzNBIjp4DwJv4sOxFbeRbiMTBehRGr+r/jvsA CKTSIlvhbz5Fx8hAlXqsM8Qv7Mia1wpDWH81PyoR8VuxpHLGWIsMNMZ/+YwEbhVpF4zA ogsw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.41.9 with SMTP id b9mr5370489oel.37.1443698157608; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 04:15:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.108.212 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 04:15:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <49d53a3e-b7a0-4069-a87b-d9778bb8a229@reed.com> <16684.1443643019@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <21167.1443646296@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:15:57 +0200 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: "David P. Reed" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Christopher Waid , make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net, Valdis Kletnieks , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" , fcc@lists.prplfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] [FCC] [Cerowrt-devel] some comments from elsewhere on the lockdown X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:16:21 -0000 On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:33 PM, David P. Reed wrote: > I love copy left thinking. I worry that I can't sign something so > provocative, because it invokes regulatory overreach. > > The letter is taking a totalitarian turn, asking government to go beyond > choice. I thought we were reducing the power of the FCC Iintitution, but = now > it is a call for extreme control. ? If you could point to the paragraphs you are objecting to, we can resolve your issues. Hopefully. The ultimate control should reside in the owner, and I thought we'd brought that out sufficiently. > Instead of innovation it seeks control over innovators. > > > On Sep 30, 2015, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: >> >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:11:38 -0400, Christopher Waid said: >> >>>> Apparently, they were of the opinion that the mere fact that I might >>>> die of a heart attack a year after distributing something doesn't >>>> excuse me from complying.) >>> >>> >>> I don't know if it does excuse you from complying, but I say good luck >>> to the person trying to get it enforced. >> >> >> They could quite possibly hassle the executor of my estate if they were >> sufficiently determined. >> >> But given that abandonware (both software and hardware) is a big chunk >> of the problem, we really *do* need to address the problem of companies >> that can't provide patches because they've gone under. Possibly a >> requirement that they open-source the hardware/software if possible? >> (That's another can-o-worms - consider that a big chunk of why NVidia >> doesn't open-source their proprietary graphics drivers is because there'= s >> a lot of OpenGL-related patents and trade secrets that Microsoft bought >> when >> there was the big fire sale when SGI got out of the graphics market - so >> it's quite possible that a vendor *can't* open-source it when they go >> under due to licensing issues...) > > > -- Sent with K-@ Mail - the evolution of emailing. --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht Do you want faster, better, wifi? https://www.patreon.com/dtaht