Note: this e-mail is on a public mailing list. =============================== On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Ealdwulf Wuffinga <ealdwulf at gmail.com> wrote: > Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof at ...> writes: > >> The truth of the matter is current legislation simply is out of date, >> the change that we need is a shift in liability down to the user for >> modified supported drivers / firmware much like a person renting a >> golf cart can run over someone or cause a huge accident with it. > > For Europeans, the relevant EU directive is currently under review: > http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/rtte/public-consultation/index_en.htm > > The public consultation is now closed, but people may want to make a note in > their diaries to check what the proposed update looks like when it gets > presented to parliament. Nice, indeed in this document: http://ec.europa.eu/governance/impact/planned_ia/docs/197_entr_radio_equipment_en.pdf On section B: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C ??To adapt the obligations and powers created by the Directive to a number of specific cases covered by the Directive ... -Radio equipment of which the emission characteristics are modifiable by the user or may change according to the radio environment (reconfigurable radio equipment) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then it has: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C ??To adapt the obligations and powers created by the Directive to a number of specific cases covered by the Directive ... -Option C2 would give powers to TCAM or to the Commission to introduce specific obligations for specific cases broadly identified in the Directive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not sure what the above means though.. There is also the: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E ? To remove regulatory barriers to innovation in radio equipment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- section but nothing clearly states a shift of liability but this would be indeed good for innovation. Luis
