[NCLUG] Intel open source drivers

[Bob Proulx]

Michael Milligan wrote:
> the core driver guts (yes, proprietary... some nonsense about FCC
> regs... they don't trust that open source guys won't crank up the output
> wattage above certain levels :-).

I have heard this reason but fundamentally it makes no sense to me.
There are a lot of products sold that can be used to do illegal things
if the user were to choose to do so.  Everything from cars to kitchen
knifes.  That does not make the product as it is illegal by itself.

Bob