Re: Centrino support

[Jamie Lokier]

James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> Helge> This does not in any way prevent them from releasing a driver,
> Helge> open or closed source.  It merely makes tampering with the
> Helge> driver illegal.
> 
> Unless of course it can be programmed to listen in on the AMPS cell
> phone band(s).  In that case it could arguably be a felony for them to
> release the programming info....  (Stupid law, but it has been
> enforced rather obsessively....)

How is that different from selling a radio which can be retuned by
opening it up and changing some resistors and capacitors?

-- Jamie
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