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A comment on TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with new FCC rule. Parent comment

Re:TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with... by toomuchtodo on Friday March 11, 2016 @03:20PM (#11269210)
It means you can't license the baseband under the GPL, nor release it the public.
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Re:TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with... by sangnoir on Friday March 11, 2016 @05:43PM (#11270087)
> It means you can't license the baseband under the GPL, nor release it the public

...within the jurisdiction of the US Government. Have a look at libdvdcss for guidance on how such a baseband might be developed and distributed.

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