[WLANnews] FCC blocks alternative firmwares on routers
Michel Vorsprach
michel at vorsprach.de
Mo Aug 10 15:59:06 CEST 2015
Hi,
Ich warte aktuell auf meine IFG Anfrage über die Umsetzung der genannten EU Richtlinie in deutsches Recht. Vielleicht bekommen wir dadurch ja mehr Details.
https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/stand-der-umsetzung-der-richtlinie-2014-53-eu/ <https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/stand-der-umsetzung-der-richtlinie-2014-53-eu/>
wir sehen uns auf dem CCCamp :)
Grüße Michel
> Am 10.08.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Monic Meisel <monic at monic.de>:
>
> Dear fellow activists,
>
> have you recognized issue:
>
>> The FCC new regulation is preventing installation of alternative
>> firmwares such as OpenWRT or DD-WRT on routers.
>
> http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-08-06/html/2015-18402.htm <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-08-06/html/2015-18402.htm>
> This would heavily affect all wireless communities all over the world not only in the U.S.
>
>>> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org <http://ffii.org/>>
>>> FFII Brussels - +32-484-566109 <tel:+32-484-566109> - +32-2-4148403 <tel:+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."
>
>
>
> Here is the talk from battle mesh:
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV8/Agenda?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=2015-08-06_wbmv8_FCC.pdf <http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV8/Agenda?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=2015-08-06_wbmv8_FCC.pdf>
>
> Rare infos are gathered in this pad:
> https://common.tnode.com/pad/p/FCC <https://common.tnode.com/pad/p/FCC>
>
> Please join prpl foundations FCC list for further info and discussion what action your organization could take to fight this regulation: http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc <http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc>
>
> Simon, Andi and I would like to write a wrap-up-blogpost in German in the next dayz under blog.freifunk.net <http://blog.freifunk.net/> to inform freifunkas
> Please spread this amongst your peer groups, forward it to other activists and inform the public about this topic, it is barely known ...
>
> Thanks for your support,
> Best regards Monic
>
> PS: Together with the problem of a new chip generation which is not supporting ad hoc it seems we need to build our own routers soon!
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