[Battlemesh] Linksys promises not to block free firmware

[David Lang]

On Sat, 14 May 2016, Ferry Huberts wrote:

> Yes: it's twofold:
>
> 1- big fines for people violating the 'do not send while radar is in 
> operation'
> 2- big fat notifications and/or documentation in the software and/or UI that 
> disabling radar detection violates law and opens you up for big fines.
>
> keep it simple.

Yep, it's the responsibility of the owner of the device if they use it 
illegally.

David Lang

> On 14/05/16 07:01, Mitar wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> The best way to win is to go for a solution which works for both
>> fighting parties. Do we know of such a solution?
>> 
>> 
>> Mitar
>> 
>>> <IMHO>We should *not* work around these regulations but fight it. Tell
>>> your political representatives what you do and why you need to be able
>>> to run your "own" software on these devices.</IMHO> This is how I
>>> understood Max in the telco during WBM.
>>> 
>>> kind regards
>>> txt.file
>>> 
>>> On 14/05/16 03:37, Mitar wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>> 
>>>>> are you looking for a technical solution to a technical problem? or
>>>>> trying to find a technical solution for a fear?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh, I completely agree that it is stupid, but this fact will not get us
>>>> anywhere. We have to create a solution ourselves and start pitching it
>>>> as the solution manufacturers should adopt, and this is it.
>>>> 
>>>> I am also not claiming that no firmware ever. But let's make firmware
>>>> where it is at least as hard to disable that detection as it is on
>>>> current locked TP-links: so you need JTAG to bypass it.
>>>> 
>>>> So, do we have a solution which protects from disabling that detection
>>>> with hardware tampering of the table?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mitar
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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