Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve ball into the open-source programming community on Thursday.
In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused email list, he outlined a controversial proposal: Nothing in the basic rules for the Linux operating system should block developers from using digital rights management (DRM) technology. DRM tools are technological locks or identification measures that range from ensuring a software program is genuine to protecting a movie against unauthorised copying.
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