The FCC

As one would expect, I am opposed to all of the TLAs in both principle and based on their actions.  Of late, the FCC has been at the heart of some non-issues.  Most especially that of Net Neutrality, which simply would not be an issue in a free society.

In the latest instance of the FCC attempting to halt technology and freedom, they are attempting to lock down all of the software interactions with hardware concerning network infrastructure.  This is a major problem for three reasons:

• There is not, as of yet, a reliable open-source community for hardware engineering and manufacturing, a federal lockdown of commercially available hardware will essentially cripple the infrastructure options available to people.
• There is no manner in which such a law can be justified: it uses the violence of the state to compel behaviors that have been arbitrarily selected out of a select group of individuals' special interests (just like every law and regulation).
• Regulation of the type and scope have been implemented in other industries and have demonstrably hindered or stopped innovation and progress in those industries.  This is likely seen as a feature, not a flaw, with such regulations.

If one isn't certain what this is about, I recommend listening to Sovryn Tech episode 142 and then heeding calls to action.  Namely, call your senators or whatever bullshit involvement people have in politics.  Most importantly, though, one ought to do what they can to aid in the development of open-source hardware and do whatever they can to eradicate the FCC.