Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:38623 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750881AbYBLFZA (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:25:00 -0500 To: Dan Williams Cc: Budhee Jamaich , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: madwifi is not fully open source References: <57314e840802111427i7e8d00capbe430727faff78a1@mail.gmail.com> <1202770112.6824.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:24:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1202770112.6824.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> (ext Dan Williams's message of "Mon\, 11 Feb 2008 17\:48\:32 -0500") Message-ID: <87skzyiw6w.fsf@nokia.com> (sfid-20080212_052521_095743_AF384FC4) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "ext Dan Williams" writes: >> If I understand correctly, this is because they put the radio-related code >> in a binary module, to meet regulatory requirements. > > To meet _their__interpretation_ of regulatory requirements. lwn.net had an article about this: http://lwn.net/Articles/240840/ -- Kalle Valo