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by AdieuToLogic 2451 days ago
> What should be happening is that the FCC / international communications bodies should be directly funding a project like OpenWRT ...

The exact opposite is what actually happened. In late 2016, the FCC specifically banned owner-based firmware upgrades[0]. It was ostensibly due to RF configuration, it could also be seen as a concession to the manufacturers.

0 - https://hackaday.com/2016/02/26/fcc-locks-down-router-firmwa...