Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
I'm poking fun at the manufacturers that claim they can't allow
open-source drivers for their wifi radios.
Err... I actually thought you were talking about something else :-\
but it doesn't make much difference. I guess I'm in with the little band
of luddites who don't care about wifi.
BTW: I don't recall seeing a law that says it is illegal to write
open-source drivers.
It's not illegal to write the drivers (I'm talking USA here), it's
illegal to sell an RF transmitter for which open source drivers can be
written; i.e., that can be easily modified by the user to operate
outside the specs the device was licensed with.
I happened to see a news item today with a summary of the issues and
some ideas being discussed for moving ahead:
Linux hackers tackle WiFi hassles
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9956020927.html
<Joe
