firmware

Embedded systems for example might never receive new firmware so if the release firmware complies with specification then that undocumented behavior is completely cool.

So it's going to mean an end to router firmware modding in practice.

And literally (and I don't mean figuratively) nobody knows whats on all the firmware in all the components in all your devices.

The fact is that most computer users treat the OS as an immutable fact about the device, much like the firmware on a cable settop box or digital watch.

Fairphone V2 will be 100% Free Software (or at least, the firmware/drivers will be), 4.

And what about when your machine started with a retail motherboard that doesn't have OEM Windows keys embedded in the firmware?

The real question is what happens with systems with pirated OEM certificates in motherboard firmware.

You're also more likely to get a stable custom firmware for that device once it's known what is running on the original box.

We do a full range of development from high level design prototypes, down to low level firmware on embedded devices and everything in between.

As long as these rookies aren't writing nuclear reactor firmware, who cares?

None of the radios have their own non-volatile storage for their firmware.

The software would not be preventing non-approved transmitter behavior if the software supported the loading of custom firmware that can implement non-approved transmitter behavior.