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TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with new FCC rule (ars technica)
Ars technica reports
that TP-Link will block the loading of third-party firmware on its
routers, citing new US Federal Communications Commission rules.
"The FCC says it doesn't intend to ban the use of third-party
firmware such as DD-WRT and OpenWRT; in theory, router makers can still
allow loading of open source firmware as long as they also deploy controls
that prevent devices from operating outside their allowed frequencies,
types of modulation, power levels, and so on. But open source users feared
that hardware makers would lock third-party firmware out entirely, since
that would be the easiest way to comply with the FCC requirements."
Ars technica reports
that TP-Link will block the loading of third-party firmware on its
routers, citing new US Federal Communications Commission rules.
"The FCC says it doesn't intend to ban the use of third-party
firmware such as DD-WRT and OpenWRT; in theory, router makers can still
allow loading of open source firmware as long as they also deploy controls
that prevent devices from operating outside their allowed frequencies,
types of modulation, power levels, and so on. But open source users feared
that hardware makers would lock third-party firmware out entirely, since
that would be the easiest way to comply with the FCC requirements."
