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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by PhilipRoman on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @11:49AM (#37393408)
For those out of the loop these documents have a good introduction to how free software interacts with radio regulations

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/st... https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory

TLDR manufacturers and "serious" companies won't touch anything that could potentially be configured to emit signals that your local government doesn't like. So Linux has to pretend it doesn't allow to do that (even though anyone with 2 braincells can patch it)

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by dtaht on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @01:50PM (#37395303)
As these regulations change frequently, I am glad that linux makes it possible to update this database and the devices in the field. For example a portion of the 5.9ghz spectrum became available.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2993112/vint-cerf-and-...

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by codedokode on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @02:12PM (#37395590)
So Linux takes government's side, not user's?
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by chupasaurus on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @05:04AM (#37402811)
I'd call it "safe defaults".
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