On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:05:13AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:

> This is bs.  I can state with certainty that there is no IP in the freely 
> available hal I give out.  Besides anyone with half a clue could figure out 
> how the things you describe work w/o the source code as much of this is 
> visible in the driver.

So you still maintain that the FCC argument is valid? Quoting your
copyright file, it reads

> The HAL is provided in a binary-only form in order to comply with FCC
> regulations.  In particular, a radio transmitter can only be operated at
> power levels and on frequency channels for which it is approved. The FCC
> requires that a software-defined radio cannot be configured by a user
> to operate outside the approved power levels and frequency channels.
> This makes it difficult to open-source code that enforces limits on
> the power levels, frequency channels and other parameters of the radio
> transmitter.

Either this is true or it is a strawman. Whether IP issues are the only
possible remaining true reasons or not is kind of secondary to this
question. You didn't address this primary point.

Daniel