Ugh. So much to read up on. I think I'll start dropping things in the Journal so I can go back and research them later. Here's some to start.
DMCA in court
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51460,00.html http://news.com.com/2100-1023-872891.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175581.html GNU Radio - Software defined radio waves
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio Open Source Hardware
http://www.opencores.org