[Battlemesh] TP-Link FCC deal

Ben West ben at gowasabi.net
Mon Aug 1 19:59:30 UTC 2016


While certainly good news, I don't see how the FCC has authority to
stipulate such requirements.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Benjamin Henrion <zoobab at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How do you interpret this news?:
>
>
> https://build.slashdot.org/story/16/08/01/1855206/fcc-requires-tp-link-to-support-open-source-router-firmware
>
> Is it just PR from the FCC side?
>
> Best,
>
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