This is not a problem of free speech. In Germany the facists or "Neo Nazis" are outlaws since having a new legislation in 49. One of the problems now is that our goverment thinks that it could apply local laws to the internet as a whole which is something they underestimate.
The internet routes around censorship.
The approach is completely hopeless but others have done before e.g. the US with their crypto laws.
When you have a short look at the source you will
very fast discover that there is a lot of binary only stuff in the mwave directory called something.dsp. I guess these are the DSP based algorythms for implementing the different Modem protocols as the names let guess. IIRC the different protocols like V.34 and V.90 contain patented stuff so we will NEVER (Next 18 Years) see really open Winmodem drivers. I dont think
the low number of saved transistors are worth
this hassle - So please stop using winmodems. Glue
he patented stuff into Hardware.
Flo
PS: Patents are evil but better stick them into
hardware as HW is not really interesting to copy
anyways.
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This is not a problem of free speech. In Germany the facists or "Neo Nazis" are outlaws since having a new legislation in 49. One of the problems now is that our goverment thinks that it could apply local laws to the internet as a whole which is something they underestimate.
The internet routes around censorship.
The approach is completely hopeless but others have done before e.g. the US with their crypto laws.
Flo
PS: Patents are evil but better stick them into hardware as HW is not really interesting to copy anyways.