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[Discuss] Fwd: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED



On 10/1/2015 12:22 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> The FCC ruling the GPL to be unenforceable in the context of regulated
> devices would be essentially no different from the FCC ruling Microsoft's
> licenses to be unenforceable in the context of vendors using cracked copies
> of Windows in regulated devices.

Perhaps, but there is no reason for the FCC to issue that ruling. 
Microsoft's license terms do not conflict with the FCC's proposal.

-- 
Rich P.



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