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



On 11/6/2015 10:40 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> Given that the majority of cheap home routers do ship with GPL'ed
> software (i.e. the Linux kernel), I am having a real problem
> understanding this argument.   Some GPL'ed code is okay whereas other
> GPL'ed code is toxic?  Or maybe it has something to do with code that
> they change vs. simply compile?   Okay, I'm going to stop guessing
> now.   Please explain if possible.

Because you're on an unrelated tangent? The point was about the OEMs 
which don't open things up, not the ones which do (and yes, I realize 
just how incorrect I was for naming D-Link and TP-Link).

-- 
Rich P.



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