DRM, GPLv3 is 'hot air': Linus Torvalds

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 16, 2007 12:17 PM EDT
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Digital rights management and the General Public License cause a lot of 'hot air' to be exchanged but they are not a 'big deal', according to the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds. DRM is a technology used to control the copying and distribution of content such as music and films while GPLv3 is a software licence drafted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and intended to be used to govern how free and open source software can be copied and changed.

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if it weren't for hot air tuxchick 3 819 Jan 16, 2007 9:05 PM

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