Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:59:37 -0500 From: "Joshua Coombs" <jcoombs@gwi.net> To: "Mauro" <mcepeda@ualberta.ca>, <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: airport estreme with Freebsd Message-ID: <02e201c50d25$a4e10ad0$1700a8c0@failure> References: <1106542417.29481.168.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41F4ADC1.8070201@freebsd.org> <42017276.1010304@finnovative.net> <4201C54A.8090009@freebsd.org> <1107418085.4125.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050206002904.GJ9350@dragon.nuxi.com> <1107656286.4131.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050207045911.GA8619@dragon.nuxi.com> <1107761856.5631.29.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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>> It sure does then the company in question is a USA company. They >> certainly *ARE* under the FCC's regulatory jurisdiction. >> > > Really, so I assume you would hold that American companies who benefit > from overseas sweat shops and child labour follow american regulatory > agencies dictates (considering that clothing manufacturing occurs > overseas as with computer manufacturing)? If you want to sell your product in the US, and it transmits or recieves, or could possibly generate RF as a byproduct of it's operation, your product must meet all appropriate FCC regulations and recieve a certifcation from them. Doesn't matter where it's produced. Canada, most European nations, and others have a similar system. They all are generally working with the international body that covers similar functionality, the ITU. If the company is worried releasing firmware will invalidate their FCC cert to sell their product in the US, thats a pretty valid concern. Thats a large chunk of market to loose, not to mention the possibility of being fined at the same time. Net result, this isn't advancing the game. Can a driver be written without distributing the firmware? IE require the user download it, extract it from the windows distribuition, and place it in the correct spot? Joshua Coombs
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