Linus on the DRM
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 25, 2003 at 9:50:10 PM
The DRM, the thing that Pallidium supports, has some strong debates in the open source community. Linus says OK to the DRM, as it has good uses. But, since Linux can be edited, it can always be remove regardless.
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"There is zero technical difference. It's only a matter of intent--and even the intent will be a matter of interpretation," Torvalds wrote. "This is why I refuse to disallow even the 'bad' kinds of uses--because not allowing them would automatically also mean that 'good' uses aren't allowed."