[Bloat] Last call for signatures to the FCC on the wifi lockdown issue

[David Collier-Brown]

I just voted for Dave's slashdot posting: anyone else with karma, go to

http://slashdot.org/submission/5075341/ask-the-fcc-to-switch-to-sane-software-engineering-practices-for-wifi

and hit the "+" button to vote for it.


On 09/10/15 08:40 AM, Dave Taht wrote:
> I note that I am not particularly good at social media. I have g+'d,
> tweeted, and hit slashdot, and facebook. I would like it if others
> reshared those, and engaged with other sites like reddit with our
> letter and signature requests, and it would be quite nice if people
> also hit the forums of netgear, d-link, tp-link, quantenna and other
> chipset/router/wifi makers with the draft letter and signature
> requests....
>
> my
> twitter: https://twitter.com/mtaht
> slashdot submission:
>
> http://slashdot.org/submission/5075341/ask-the-fcc-to-switch-to-sane-software-engineering-practices-for-wifi
>
> g+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/FapKCnWstmE
>
> I note that as not all people like google docs, there is now a pdf up at:
>
> http://huchra.bufferbloat.net/~d/fcc_saner_software_practices.pdf
>
> which will be the permalink for it after signatures are collected.
>
> we are now at 220 signatures, and Bruce Schneier just signed.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The CeroWrt project's letter to the FCC on how to better manage the
>> software on wifi and home routers vs some proposed regulations is now
>> in last call for signatures. The final draft of the FCC submittal is
>> here:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/15QhugvMlIOjH7iCxFdqJFhhwT6_nmYT2j8xAscCImX0/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> The principal signers (Dave Taht and Vint Cerf), are joined by many
>> network researchers, open source developers, and dozens of developers
>> of aftermarket firmware projects like OpenWrt.
>>
>> Prominent signers currently include:
>>
>> Jonathan Corbet, David P. Reed, Dan Geer, Jim Gettys, Phil Karn, Felix
>> Fietkau, Corinna "Elektra" Aichele, Randell Jesup, Eric S. Raymond,
>> Andreas Petlund, Sascha Meinrath, Joe Touch, Dave Farber, Nick
>> Feamster, Paul Vixie, Bob Frankston, Eric Schultz, Brahm Cohen,  Jeff
>> Osborn, Harald Alvestrand, and James Woodyatt.
>>
>> If you would like to join our call for substituting sane software
>> engineering practices over misguided regulations, the window for
>> adding your signature to the letter closes at 11:59AM ET, today,
>> Friday, 2015-10-08.
>>
>> Sign via webform here: http://goo.gl/forms/WCF7kPcFl9
>>
>> We are at approximately 170 signatures as I write.
>>
>> For more details on the controversy we are attempting to address, or
>> to submit your own filing to the FCC see:
>>
>> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi
>> https://www.dearfcc.org/
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> --
>> Dave Täht
>> CeroWrt Project Architect
>> Tel: +46547001161
>
>


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