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Not really 100% true.

Not really 100% true.

Posted Dec 2, 2008 0:11 UTC (Tue) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953)
In reply to: Not really 100% true. by khim
Parent article: Sam Leffler releases HAL source

He didn't say they were. He said someone at <wifi company> made the decision that it was safer to not release the code for the rare chance it would get them in trouble with the FCC because that trouble can be very dangerous to the survival of the company. Later someone higher up said it was an acceptable risk because the risk was so minuscule resulting in the code being released.


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