GM & MS

[Thompson Freeman]

On 02/06/2007 03:38:23 PM, Joe Smith wrote:
> Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
>> 
>> The Linux car would come with a radio plainly visible on  
>> the dash but
>> it wouldn't work.  The car manufacturer would claim that  
>> this was due
>> to "FCC rules".
> 
> The factory radio in my Honda was limited by the  
> manufacturer to only operate with two small portions of  
> the radio frequency spectrum. Honda claims it is because  
> of "FCC rules".
> 
> The factory radio also won't let me pirate Sirius or XM  
> stations for some bizarre reason.
> 
> I'm sure you're not poking fun at Linux because the  
> maintainers are unwilling to break the law, are you?
> 
> No, the Linux radio would receive any frequency from 10  
> Hz to 10 MHz but would require you to climb into the  
> trunk with a screwdriver and an oscilloscope to change  
> the station or the volume. ;-)
> 


I'm not sure, but I think you just described the gnu radio  
project <grin>