On Thursday 08 February 2007 11:06, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: >Joe Smith <jes@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I'm sure you're not poking fun at Linux because the maintainers are >> unwilling to break the law, are you? > >I'm poking fun at the manufacturers that claim they can't allow >open-source drivers for their wifi radios. > >BTW: I don't recall seeing a law that says it is illegal to write >open-source drivers. Here in the states, the FCC gets into this loop somehow. I've got a current copy of 47CFR coming, so I might be able to quote something eventually. >-wolfgang >-- >Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.