On 9/25/07, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 16:38 -0400, Michael Miller wrote:
>
> > In my opinion, protection should not be in the software for such
> > things. While Atheros may be required by law to do this, madwifi (this
> > is NOT legal advice in any way shape or form) is not required to do
> > so.
>
> It's a separate effort from MadWifi, not limited to specific wireless
> drivers.
>
So it's going in the net80211 stack? Hrm... maybe I should post my
opinions on their mailing list....
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> > One comparison which can be made to this situation is that of VLC.
> > Whereas commercial DVD playing apps look at region codes, VLC ignores
> > them. VLC could choose to abide by these codes and put code in to stop
> > the wrong region from playing, but the project chooses not to. Madwifi
> > should do the same.
>
> The difference here is that wireless developers actually expect to work
> with the device vendors.  The vendors may be more forthcoming if the
> free driver supports regulatory control (directly or through some other
> layers).
Here's where I'm confused. Madwifi is going AWAY from Atheros'
assistance(moving away from the HAL). Moreover, why should Atheros(or
any other company for that matter) care if other people choose to
transmit over other frequencies? (The following is not legal advice,
do not use it as such) Atheros does not get blamed if other people use
their own software to interfere with wireless signals.

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> Anyway, the regulatory control patches are discussed in
> linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, not here.
>
> Please don't cross-post unless you are a member of the team and you are
> making an announcement.  You are giving a bad example to others.

My apologies,
Mike
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
>
>

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