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> Not opening the RF regulatory code is the solution that Atheros took.  I
> can't (off the top of my head) think of any other vendor who has done
> this.  Other vendors are much more open-source friendly while still
> following what they believe is a sufficient interpretation of the
> regulations.
>

There are also vendors that haven't even provided any driver for
linux/bsd. At least Atheros provided us with a driver that worked (and
it worked pretty well/helped on net80211 stack etc) and on the early
days they even provided support on the lists. Let's be more easy on
them, they also did what their lawyers told them ;-)



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