From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:60731 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753194AbaLBGXf (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2014 01:23:35 -0500 Message-ID: <547D5ACE.8020904@rempel-privat.de> (sfid-20141202_072338_234582_6A9FA1CD) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:23:10 +0100 From: Oleksij Rempel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" , Eric Schultz CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New FCC requirements and Linux Wifi References: <20141202003143.GA11546@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20141202003143.GA11546@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RsQXrcj5nDPl3fpLwGjV2uWH8X02Veeb9" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --RsQXrcj5nDPl3fpLwGjV2uWH8X02Veeb9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 02.12.2014 um 01:31 schrieb John W. Linville: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 04:27:25PM -0600, Eric Schultz wrote: >> All, >> >> I work for the prpl Foundation, an open source foundation organized by= >> a number of companies, most related to MIPS. One project we work with >> externally is the OpenWrt project. Recently one of our members >> mentioned a new FCC requirement (described in FCC publication 594280) >> which requires wifi hardware devices to restrict modifications in ways= >> that were not previously required. Some of the suggestions the company= >> had internally for complying would be to use features like Secure Boot= >> and other types of DRM-like mechanisms to prevent routers from being >> modified. This obviously would be quite bad for the OpenWrt community >> (and the embedded Linux community as a whole) so we agreed as a group >> to try to provide hardware companies with a way of complying without >> harming the community. >> >> I'm looking to find individuals (and other companies!) interested in >> working with myself and the foundation, companies, the OpenWrt >> community and eventually regulators to provide guidance to hardware >> companies on how to best comply with these rules. If you're interested= >> in getting involved or just would like to know more, please get in >> touch with me. We want to make sure that routers and related embedded >> Linux hardware is hackable and we could use all the help we could get.= >> >> Thanks and I look forward to working with you, >> >> Eric >=20 > Eric, >=20 > Obviously, I would be interested in hearing more. I suspect there > are others on the list that will be interested as well... I'm interested as well. --=20 Regards, Oleksij --RsQXrcj5nDPl3fpLwGjV2uWH8X02Veeb9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iF4EAREIAAYFAlR9WtMACgkQHwImuRkmbWmhowD8C837o//gsUewjM09vgXKcGBH OgSiFMi1IoGrMeDKpQ8A/34FmjGG4SgxZIbiPdXPR9mWWIVVyJWmxkDr1lP+iocC =2eVZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RsQXrcj5nDPl3fpLwGjV2uWH8X02Veeb9--