@gemlog problem with that is most countries do follow international IP law, which means that any products without the right licensing can't be sold there
so if huawei did ignore it then their products can't be sold in a lot of countries, not just the USA
@gemlog not with bluetooth it won't
Sure, SD cards could still be supported in MMC mode, and wi-fi certification isn't too important, but bluetooth requires licensing
licensing that huawei cannot now possibly get which means they can't use bluetooth any more
this isn't even going in to the much larger issue of one idiot being able to prevent a manufacturer from certifying any of their products against international standards, that is the massive problem here
@penguin42 SD cards and Bluetooth require licensing, so if they did that then the products involved would be banned in any country that abides international IP regulations
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@dashie patents for the z80 are up
could have z80-powered phones I guess
Okay this Huawei thing is really bringing up a few issues around a lot of standards bodies being based in the US
The SD Association is based in California which means that Huawei can't say their products support SD cards
And the Wi-Fi Alliance is based in Texas which means Huawei won't be to certify that their products work with wi-fi
And the Bluetooth SIG is based in Washington, which means they can't use Bluetooth
This is a problem
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@maple yeah, honestly didn't realise the scope of the problem before that came in
@maple my favourite is usaian news sites giving everyone in europe 451 because they can't be arsed to comply with GDPR
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@Shrigglepuss I'm just enjoying the five minutes we've got here between frying pan and fire
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couldn't she have moved it forward to the 31st though?
"May ends on the 31st" would have been a good headline
At least we've still got "June marks end of May"
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