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>>25245
Even airwaves are governed and regulated to an extent, even if it's to say certain bands (CB, for instance) are a free-for-all as long as it's not being abused with extraordinarily powerful transmitters or transmitting naughty words (or of course anything else that would normally test the boundaries of the first ademented).
At some point, government is a necessary evil, which is why the concepts like limited government and balance of powers are so important to try to keep a lid on the festering rot. There's a lot going on with using HAM for digital packet radio these days, and it's easier than ever to get a HAM loicense and a little rig to run off a laptop. As with any life process, freedom must continue to grow, thrive, and compete with control in order to maintain a more preferable version of symbiosis.
Would packet HAM radio exist without at least the de facto "government" of industry standards to for the communication standards, mass-produced accessible hardware, and widely available software all necessary to make it a convenient reality? I think not.