[Battlemesh] Fwd: draft of my letter to the fcc

[Dave Taht]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 5:30 AM, Benjamin Henrion <zoobab at gmail.com> wrote:
> And a reference to this paragraph would be handy:
>
> "
The firmware for at least one 801.11ac device (ath10k) is actually
> based on BSD's
> driver stack, and despite that being BSD licensed, FCC concerns over needing
> lockdowns - have been a huge factor in delaying the open, public release of that
> firmware, so it could be better fixed. FCC's rules have even been
> making it impossible
> for those with source licenses to that firmware to collaborate – which
> includes the
> original author of the BSD code!!"

The original author of that code was adrian chadd, and I do not wish
to misrepresent this story to the fcc. cc'd.

>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Benjamin Henrion <zoobab at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You should put a ref to your video at WBM, it was really inspiring.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 5:19 AM
>>> Subject: draft of my letter to the fcc
>>> To: fcc at lists.prplfoundation.org,
>>> "cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net"
>>> <cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>> make-wifi-fast at lists.bufferbloat.net
>>>
>>>
>>> this is a draft letter to the fcc. It kind of needs a title, more
>>> footnotes, and other formatting - and if more folk here are willing to
>>> sign, we can get rid of the first person stuff and make it "we". A
>>> review for accuracy would be nice, and I can put it up on google docs
>>> for a group edit if you like.
>>>
>>> I'll also argue the closing sentences could be stronger.
>>>
>>> http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~d/fcc_alternate_guidelines.odt
>>>
>>> but I need a break. was up all night.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave Täht
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Dave Täht
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org>
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>> "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software
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>> Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of
>> software, they are now seeking to create a central European patent
>> court, which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their
>> favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or
>> democratically elected legislators."
>
>
>
> --
> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org>
> FFII Brussels - +32-484-566109 - +32-2-4148403
> "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software
> patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy.
> Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of
> software, they are now seeking to create a central European patent
> court, which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their
> favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or
> democratically elected legislators."
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Dave Täht
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