[Bloat] Slashdot: New FCC Rules Could Ban WiFi Router Firmware Modification

[Hal Murray]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/09/02/1513259/new-fcc-rules-could-ban-wifi-r
outer-firmware-modification

Hackaday reports that the FCC is introducing new rules which ban firmware 
modifications for the radio systems in WiFi routers and other wireless 
devices operating in the 5 GHz range. The vast majority of routers are 
manufactured as System on Chip devices, with the radio module and CPU 
integrated in a single package. The new rules have the potential to 
effectively ban the installation of proven Open Source firmware on any WiFi 
router.

ThinkPenguin, the EFF, FSF, Software Freedom Law Center, Software Freedom 
Conservancy, OpenWRT, LibreCMC, Qualcomm, and others have created the 
SaveWiFi campaign, providing instructions on how to submit a formal complaint 
to the FCC regarding this proposed rule. The comment period is closing on 
September 8, 2015. Leave a comment for the FCC.

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