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Will Linux get its own 'Palladium'? | |
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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: ZDNet UK | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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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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| #1 By 2960 (156.80.64.196) at 4/28/2003 9:10:01 AM |
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Ain't that the truth :)
TL |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 4/28/2003 10:34:05 AM |
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Obviously Linus isn't aware that the motivation behind Linux is hatred of Microsoft.
Clearly out of touch with the community. He should get out more! |
| #3 By 531 (199.36.37.55) at 4/28/2003 11:09:22 AM |
| I've always kind of had respect for Linus, despite some of his moodier moments. I don't think that Linus is a bad guy, or that Linux is a bad product... it's the community surrounding Linux that gives it the bad stigma. Now that Linus has spoken about DRM in Linux, I'll be anxious to see how the Linux community's view changes... |
| #4 By 3653 (63.162.177.140) at 4/28/2003 2:18:08 PM |
| LOL. these linux supporters hated DRM until the great one (Linus) endorsed it. LOL. No convictions. Just drones. |
| #5 By 135 (208.50.204.91) at 4/28/2003 8:32:53 PM |
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cba-3.14 - "It's not a we-hate-Microsoft. Destroying Microsoft is just an unavoiadable consequence of concern to only a few. "
How come they receive the majority of press then? This Linus article didn't even make it up on slashbot. Maybe you need to silence Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens, Richard Stallman and the other OSS "leaders" and let Miguel, Linus and the other pragmatic developers do more of the talking? It's really simple, all you need to do is shout out "Look you idiots! You don't speak for our community, quit pretending you do!" |
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