[Fsf-friends] Linux founder opens door to DRM (fwd)

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

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Message: 9
   Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:15:39 -0400
   From: "Dev Jurai" <dev@digisigns.com>
Subject: Linux founder opens door to DRM

Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve
ball to the open-source programming community Thursday. In a posting
sent to a key Linux-focused e-mail list, Torvalds outlined a
controversial proposal: Nothing in the basic rules for the Linux
operating system should block developers from using digital rights
management (DRM) technology. DRM tools are technological locks or
identification measures that range from ensuring a software program is
genuine to protecting a movie against unauthorized copying.
 
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