My understanding about the US side of this is that the software defined radios and FCC compliance are a major portion of the problem. STILL, that stuff should

My understanding about the US side of this is that the software defined radios and FCC compliance are a major portion of the problem. STILL, that stuff should be equivalent to a firmware blob that should have been baked in to a ROM or EEPROM. The actual driver controlling it should be able to be open, and for regulatory compliance should use 'magic numbers' as specified for the configuration; which as a fact of how to use that device must be configured already /not/ be covered by copyright (in the US at least).