[Discuss] Fwd: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED

[Jack Coats]

I don't like the feds doing what feds gointa do either.  But we need
to remember where these routers came from.  Small computes running a
'nix derivative, some firewall software on it.  That is what Cisco
sold for years to commercial clients.  Linksys et all just found some
smaller computers to run it on.

If they can do it, we can do it too.  Garage development of small
computer with both a wired and a wireless NIC or two is basically that
it is.  Yes, in a garage it is hard to get the cost down, cool
packaging, but we can make the functions for a 'distributed computer
network'.

Doing the roll your own may not be as convenient as plunking down $$
at Newegg or Amazon, but it is doable without ninja skills.

IMHO, if the feds do what they want, we will find instructables to do
this for mere mortals available within a week or two.

Yes, follow the high road, and fight the bureaucracy with their own
tools, but remember, WE can overcome using tools we know how to use.

Cisco, HP, Compaq, and so many more came from garage and basement
shops.  Greatest ideas normally come from little shops and labs, and
few require huge development teams.

Don't let the fed's get you down.  We can - and will - overcome!


On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/2015 2:57 AM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
>>
>> I think your interpretation of the TiVo situation is philosophically
>> incorrect, even though there are no factual errors.
>
>
> Back in 2005, Apple convinced LLVM's authors to relicense under the GPL and
> worked up the patch to merge LLVM into GCC. At the last minute the GCC folks
> told Apple and LLVM to go away. GCC didn't want it. GCC didn't like the
> modular design and there was probably a lot of NIH syndrome.
>
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU4MzE
>
> Now RMS bemoans how LLVM isn't free as in FSF software.
>
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RMS-Emacs-Gud-LLVM
>
> That's gratitude for you.
>
> RMS and GNU have a history of poor treatment of GNU contributors and
> would-be contributors. This has alienated users and would-be users of free
> as in FSF software. It's not a misinterpretation. It's a fact.
>
>
>> Now that cloud computing and software as a service are being a normal
>> thing rather than an exception, the interesting question going forward
>> is whether we will see more adoption of the GNU Affero license. For
>
>
> I figure not much. The Affero v3 license is even more hostile towards
> commercial products than the GPLv3.
>
>
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> Rich P.
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