WLAN without encryption (or with WEP) would be kind of a bad joke really. WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) would be kind of a requirement. This is why we're not going to spend resources on it for now.
I wouldn't say that harsh anyway... There are situations when WLAN without encryption would be much better than no WLAN at all
I wouldn't use it for everyday use, but for occasional needs it would be nice.
For example our free city WLAN in unencrypted, user just have to be aware of it and use encrypted protocols in clients when accessing the net and do things which aren't too private. And what I would use it for would be private lan on countryside where I take my mini every now and then. Nearest neighbours are kilometers away, so I could use WLAN without encryption just fine there
