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Re:Protest against the EU radio lockdown by raverbashing on Sunday March 03, 2019 @10:17AM (#19294807)
I remember that the FCC has a similar requirement, and that was one of the issues behind "no open source drivers for wifi modules"

This shouldn't affect OpenWRT if it uses a standard driver, unless I'm mistaken (or "radio equipment" means the whole thing and not just the radio module - but that's up to debate)

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Re:Protest against the EU radio lockdown by UncleEntity on Sunday March 03, 2019 @01:22PM (#19295894)
> I remember that the FCC has a similar requirement...

Which is better IMHO.

You can sue the FCC if you think they overstepped their bounds as opposed to getting a bunch of politicians behind the repeal of a bad law (which otherwise can only be overturned if it violates the constitution).

Or, as sometimes happens, the FCC realizes they made a mistake and/or "conditions on the ground" change and they decide to change the requirements -- also without involving the lawmakers.

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Re:Protest against the EU radio lockdown by raverbashing on Sunday March 03, 2019 @02:06PM (#19296164)
You're probably right, and the FCC is more technically competent
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