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Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 07 February 2006
Provisions against digital rights management (DRM) in a draft update to the General Public Licence (GPL) could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in emails reflecting the Linux leaders pragmatic philosophy. Torvalds said in a posting on Wednesday to the Linux kernel mailing list: "I think a lot of people may find that the GPLv3 anti-DRM measures arent all that wonderful after all. Digital signatures and cryptography arent just bad DRM. They very much are good security too."
 
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