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* FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi
@ 2015-08-14 21:47 Xose Vazquez Perez
  2015-09-04  6:07 ` Andreas Hartmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xose Vazquez Perez @ 2015-08-14 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless

Hi,

The FCC wants to require manufacturers to lock down devices
with radio (wifi, bluetooth, etc) with DRM.

More info:
http://wiki.prplfoundation.org/wiki/Complying_with_FCC_rules_on_Wifi
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi

FCC Wifi Regulation List:
http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc

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* Re: FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi
  2015-08-14 21:47 FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi Xose Vazquez Perez
@ 2015-09-04  6:07 ` Andreas Hartmann
  2015-09-04  7:13   ` Andreas Hartmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Hartmann @ 2015-09-04  6:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xose Vazquez Perez, linux-wireless

On 08/14/2015 at 11:47 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The FCC wants to require manufacturers to lock down devices
> with radio (wifi, bluetooth, etc) with DRM.
> 
> More info:
> http://wiki.prplfoundation.org/wiki/Complying_with_FCC_rules_on_Wifi
> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi
> 
> FCC Wifi Regulation List:
> http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc

That's not all:

In Europe, it has been ratified in 2014 - but nobody noticed it:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32014L0053

German version:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32014L0053&from=EN


Regards,
Andreas

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* Re: FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi
  2015-09-04  6:07 ` Andreas Hartmann
@ 2015-09-04  7:13   ` Andreas Hartmann
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Hartmann @ 2015-09-04  7:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xose Vazquez Perez, linux-wireless

On 09/04/2015 at 08:07 AM, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> On 08/14/2015 at 11:47 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The FCC wants to require manufacturers to lock down devices
>> with radio (wifi, bluetooth, etc) with DRM.
>>
>> More info:
>> http://wiki.prplfoundation.org/wiki/Complying_with_FCC_rules_on_Wifi
>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi
>>
>> FCC Wifi Regulation List:
>> http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc
> 
> That's not all:
> 
> In Europe, it has been ratified in 2014 - but nobody noticed it:
> 
> http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32014L0053
> 
> German version:
> http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32014L0053&from=EN

Forgot to say: New products sold in EU must be compliant as per June 2016.

> 
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas


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