linux-kernel - Re: ipw3945 status

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:11:18 +0200
From:	Rene Rebe <rene@...ctcode.de>
To:	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	James Courtier-Dutton <James@...erbug.co.uk>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Jan Dittmer <jdi@....org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Jirka Lenost Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ipw2100-admin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: ipw3945 status

Hi,

On Monday 31 July 2006 02:19, Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 00:44 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Ar Sul, 2006-07-30 am 23:02 +0200, ysgrifennodd Kasper Sandberg:
> > > or perhaps people should just not install/use stuff illegal in their
> > > country.
> > 
> > Most users really don't understand the issues around wireless and
> > country specific rules. Some wireless implementations also don't deal
> > with moving between countries live (as happens all the time today in
> > Europe).
> > 
> > That means as a distribution vendor its really important to ship people
> > something that by default does the right thing and the legal thing here.
> > If people want to recompile kernels or hack firmware thats their
> > business, but out of the box it should behave.
> as it will never do properly requiring a binary daemon, distributions
> are having a hard enough time to try and redistribute those firmwares
> where its legal, some even wont, but a userspace daemon is out of the
> question for most.

Sure not. That is why I wanted to direct the discussion in what country
enforcing scheme we should go.

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