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October 03, 2006

What the dd-wrt author and ex-FON developer says about the new La FONera's firmware

Hm... it's not everything so clear with the new FON router. Their last firmware seems to not be the right OpenSource anymore.

Please see what the dd-wrt author and ex-FON developer says about that:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5083&highlight=fonera

P.S. I found this topic mentioned HERE. It's a nice article about the FON, but the comments are not so nice I think (even if there was Martin participating personally) :)

Keywords: FON, La FONera, Martin Varsavsky, Open Source, dd-wrt, FON firmware

Posted by andrey.golub at 06:46 | |

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I am very glad to know that the FON CEO, Martin Varsavsky, does not see this issue as a minor problem.
Bravo Martin! FON has my trust returned :=)
Here is what FON CEO said recently about the FONera firmware being not OpenSource:
"Lately some people have been complaining that we have not disclosed the code of the Fonera. We have not done so because we have just launched the Fonera and are still working on the GPL compliance with Atheros, the chip maker. We are sorry about this delay and will probably publish the source code within a month Also we invite developers to write code for the Foneras and after certification we will include it as a choice for people to add to them."

Posted by Andrey Golub on Saturday, October 21st, 2006 at 11:13

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October 03, 2006

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