LXer: Router Company Lazily Blocks Open Source Router Firmware, Still Pretends To Value 'Creativity'
 

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Last fall, you might recall that the hardware tinkering community (and people who just like to fully use the devices they pay for) was up in arms over an FCC plan to lock down third-party custom firmware. After tinkering enthusiasts claimed the FCC was intentionally planning to prevent them from installing third-party router options like DD-WRT and Open-WRT, we asked the FCC about the new rules and were told that because modified routers had been interfering with terrestrial doppler weather radar (TDWR) at airports, the FCC wanted to ensure that just the radio portion of the router couldn't be modified. The FCC stated at the time that locking down the full, broader use of open source router firmware entirely was absolutely not their intent:

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