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Message: 9 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:15:39 -0400 From: "Dev Jurai" dev@digisigns.com Subject: Linux founder opens door to DRM

Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve ball to the open-source programming community Thursday. In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused e-mail list, Torvalds 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 unauthorized copying.

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