Update this situation status.

This situation is still unresolved, but it's not necessarily accurate to
say that negotiations continue per se, since the issue in question is
now widely known by the entire Free Software community and remains an
issue.  (It should be obvious to the careful and informed observer what
situation this is.)
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@ -721,9 +721,7 @@ contains a software-programmable radio transmitter, regulations in (at
least) the USA and Japan prohibit release of those portions of the code least) the USA and Japan prohibit release of those portions of the code
that operate the device. Since this is a low-level programming issue, the that operate the device. Since this is a low-level programming issue, the
changes to operate the device are a derivative work of the kernel named changes to operate the device are a derivative work of the kernel named
Linux. This situation remains unresolved at the time of writing, although Linux. A decade later, this situation remains largely unresolved.
FSF continues to negotiation with Thesulac and the Linux community
regarding the problem.
\section{Lessons Learned} \section{Lessons Learned}