Feds snub open source for 'smart' radios

CNet's article, "Feds snub open source for 'smart' radios," discusses the Federal Register Docket, "Cognitive Radio Technologies and Software Defined Radios," that says:

The Commission hereby states that it is its policy, consistent with the intent of Cognitive Radio Report and Order and Cisco's request, that manufacturers should not intentionally make the distinctive elements that implement that manufacturer's particular security measures in a software defined radio public, if doing so would increase the risk that these security measures could be defeated or otherwise circumvented to allow operation of the radio in a manner that violates the Commission's rules. A system that is wholly dependent on open source elements will have a high burden to demonstrate that it is sufficiently secure to warrant authorization as a software defined radio.

See also the Slashdot discussion.