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Re: come again?? NT
What I think balsover is saying is the linux device manufacturer can put firmware on a chip that verifies the Linux kernel has the DRM before it allows the device to boot up.

But I might be wrong.



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Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content control  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
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
Torvalds Opinion Means Zinlch  jjworleyeoe | 01/16/07
DRM arguments aside...  mdsmedia | 01/16/07
Nothing says you can't write a pseudo-DRM...  Henry Miller | 01/17/07
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/17/07
The point is...  Henry Miller | 01/17/07
Even in the Kernel it's bypassed  voska | 01/17/07
Torvalds is a rock-head this time!!  techboy_z | 01/17/07
So his opinions don't precisely match yours...  mdsmedia | 01/17/07
If you notice when Loverock is shown to be wrong he simply leaves  slim-01 | 01/17/07
A lot of OSS discussion is hot air  Mark Miller | 01/18/07

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