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I prefer Linus's Stance on DRM
"I don't like it, but who am I to forbid its inclusion, why start by setting boundries on the kernel."

Not an exact quote, but pretty much the idea that I percieved.
Posted by: nucrash   Posted on: 01/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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great license!  Linux Geek | 01/17/06
Geeze, you would think ...  Too Old For IT | 01/18/06
Re: Geeze, you would think ...  none none | 01/18/06
You are such a poser  nomorems | 01/18/06
Looks like a great license, and the final version will be even better.  DonnieBoy | 01/17/06
GPL Terms  dhopp@... | 01/18/06
Simply not true!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Notice your own wording?  techboy_z | 01/18/06
Copyright protects absolutley nothing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Your knowledge of IP law is patthetic!  B.O.F.H. | 01/18/06
Your example proves nothing  FamilyManFirst | 01/18/06
There IS some truth there...  el1jones | 01/18/06
If your argument is that patent review needs overhauled, I agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
The idea of a patent  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
Is to protect your ideas.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Re: Is to protect your ideas.  none none | 01/18/06
re:  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
Bull!  NetArch. | 01/18/06
The uncreative will be weeded out.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Actually it is true  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
More like Karl Marx  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Study your history  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
Take a reading lesson.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Squirrels?  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
Yep Squirrels  osreinstall | 01/18/06
So in a nutshell  Linux Guy 1000 | 01/18/06
1000, you are full of BS  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Copying is Stealing  Too Old For IT | 01/18/06
Yes, copying without attribution is stealing.  NetArch. | 01/18/06
That's why  nomorems | 01/18/06
I think mebbe you are lookin at the wrong bunch  plumnilly | 01/18/06
The problem is  Michael Kelly | 01/18/06
What are you talking about?  osreinstall | 01/18/06
I didn't say easy  Michael Kelly | 01/18/06
Patent length & pending application for  IAFarm2 | 01/18/06
Easy, Obvious or Simple. It doesn't matter.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Obviousness DOES Matter  dsdjr | 01/19/06
Here is the link to the article.  osreinstall | 01/19/06
How So?  nucrash | 01/18/06
Good idea, wrong target  A.Sinic | 01/18/06
SPOT ON!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Re: Good idea, wrong target  none none | 01/18/06
Right target: software patents in general  FamilyManFirst | 01/18/06
Stallman's personal gripe against DRM will end GPLed products  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
I prefer Linus's Stance on DRM  nucrash | 01/18/06
Linus may stay with current GPL  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Not necessarily...  techboy_z | 01/18/06
STOP thinking DRM is about music and video.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
No it's about  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
I never thought I "owned" another's property.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Your right it is more than piracy  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
Let me try once more, I do NOT care about a silly song or movie!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
Get a clue  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
No_Axe  nomorems | 01/18/06
LU, No_Ax has a valid point about non-media DRM.  Anton Philidor | 01/18/06
What more  nomorems | 01/18/06
If you believe that your more fool than I thought.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/06
Who exactly does it benefit?  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
Maybe in your world, not in mine.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
re: Maybe in your world, not in mine.  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
You never owned anything at the company you work for.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Actually . . .  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
It is all 1s and 0s without a working program.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
DRM will not benefit the consumer.  Linux User 147560 | 01/18/06
Wrong LU#  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Go back and reinstall your OS again...  Linux Guy 1000 | 01/18/06
1000 those blinders work on you a lot better.  osreinstall | 01/18/06
Let them have their DRM, just take their copyright  rhavyn | 01/18/06
By law they will be required to release it to public domain.  osreinstall | 01/19/06
DRM is not about Your medical or financial data, or a companies documents  jimbo_z | 01/18/06
I can see you too are clueless about how DRM works.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/06
By users, software distributors or by FOSS programmers?  John Le'Brecage | 01/18/06
DRM is a non-starter  code_flogger | 01/18/06
Grow how?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/06
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 01/18/06
Why? So my ideas can be stolen by  John Zern | 01/18/06
You mean like Microsoft?  nomorems | 01/18/06
Who said it was ok for MS to do this?  John Zern | 01/19/06
I can see why  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
You are right, and it's why it will fail.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/06
We'll see  CobraA1 | 01/18/06
Umm hmmm.  nomorems | 01/18/06
DRM and Linux / GNU licence 3, FUD FUD FUD  hipparchus2001 | 01/18/06
Keep believing you can change it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/06

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