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Subject: Re: FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi
To: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>,
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From: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@freenet.de>
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:13:31 +0200
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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