Re: Blocking Gmail ads
On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:58:33 -0500
"Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso" <jordigh@gmail.com> wrote:
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> There's actually a very real example of this in Debian, modifications
> of BMWs aside. The iwlwifi driver uses a firmware blob that Intel
> claims is necessary in order to enforce FCC regulations. This is
Madwifi, too:
http://madwifi.org/wiki/About/HAL
> ridiculous. First of all, it's not Intel's job to make sure its
> customers obey FCC regulations; if the customers break the
> regulations, that's their problem, not Intel's. Second, again the
You may believe so, but not everyone agrees. IANAL, but the
above referenced Madwifi page justifies the need for the binary,
closed source HAL by claiming that:
<Quote>
At least the USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that
any manufactured products have a mechanism for limiting transmission
power and frequencies, and that these mechanisms are not easily
modifiable by the consumer.
</Quote>
...
> - Jordi G. H.
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