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bws111's post from the Slashdot thread:

Nowhere in that document does it say the FCC REQUIRES TP-Link to allow open source. What it says is:

“While manufacturers of Wi-Fi routers must ensure reasonable safeguards to protect radio parameters, users are otherwise free to customize their routers and we support TP-Link’s commitment to work with the open-source community and Wi-Fi chipset manufacturers to enable third-party firmware on TP-Link routers.”

They SUPPORT a company working with open-source, not REQUIRE,

Later on it says: TP-Link has also agreed to take steps to support innovation in third-party router firmware by committing to investigate security solutions for certain 5 GHz band routers that would permit the use of third-party firmware while meeting the Commission’s security requirements and maintaining the integrity of critical radio parameters.

So the requirement is that any open-source stuff must meet the security requiements and maintain correct operation, not that they MUST allow open source,