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Read it again, Rock.
Linus said nothing at all about wanting DRM in the kernel, he said it was up to individual Linux developers/packagers whether or not to include it.

The Linux kernel source is as freely available as any other part of GNU/Linux. If someone wants to add DRM to it and release a distro based on that, fine. That's their business. Similarly, it's equally okay if someone else takes the DRM-ed kernel source and strips out the DRM code. Either way, it's not, as Linus sees it, his business.

So, given the anarchic nature of us Linux coders, I strongly suspect that anyone who tries to incorporate DRM into the kernel of a custom distro will find a drop-in replacement, sans DRM, made available very shortly thereafter.

Posted by: Henry Miller   Posted on: 01/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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You wish that he said that, he did not  balsover | 01/16/07
he also said...  mdsmedia | 01/16/07
what part of this did you not understand  Arm A. Geddon | 01/16/07
Talk about Hot Air Loverock. Linus opposes DRM.  slim-01 | 01/17/07
Read it again, Rock.  Henry Miller | 01/16/07
Not quite that easy.  balsover | 01/16/07
huh?  Arm A. Geddon | 01/16/07
oops...I mean who are they? (nt)  Arm A. Geddon | 01/16/07
come again?? NT  mdsmedia | 01/16/07
Re: come again?? NT  none none | 01/16/07
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DRM arguments aside...  mdsmedia | 01/16/07
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Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/17/07
The point is...  Henry Miller | 01/17/07
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If you notice when Loverock is shown to be wrong he simply leaves  slim-01 | 01/17/07
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