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Re:New FCC Rules May Prevent Installing OpenWRT on WiFi Rout... by Spivak on Monday July 27, 2015 @11:51PM (#9959413)
There is an exception if law forbids the software from being replaceable.
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Re:New FCC Rules May Prevent Installing OpenWRT on WiFi Rout... by rando3826 on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:50AM (#9959591)
I don't think so. I just read the tivoization section (section 6), and skimmed the rest. The only thing allowed to prevent modifications is if it is physically not designed to do so.
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