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Torvalds: Linux ready to go green

January 31, 2008 Developer of the Linux kernel says improvements in power-management, energy-diagnosis tools are in the offing. TAGS: digital-rights management, Linux, Linux kernel, infrastructure, operating system, conference

DRM troubles drive ex-Microsoft employee to Linux

September 26, 2007 Former Microsoft security expert may switch from Windows Media Center to LinuxMCE over frustration with Microsoft's DRM. TAGS: digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Windows Media, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, video

DRM key to Linux's consumer success?

April 7, 2006 Yes, RealNetworks exec argues at LinuxWorld. But do consumers really want tech like FairPlay, PlaysForSure? TAGS: digital-rights management, consumer market, Linspire, PlaysForSure, Linux, RealNetworks Inc., LinuxWorld, Free Software Foundation, Apple Computer, risk, multimedia, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Linux, digital rights on collision course

August 4, 2004 HP executive blames Digital Millennium Copyright Act for incompatibility with open-source software. TAGS: digital-rights management, open-source software, DMCA, Linux, license, HP, open source

U.K. Linux guru backs GPL 3

January 31, 2006 Linus Torvalds may have his doubts, but fellow Linux leader Alan Cox is supporting the next version of the GPL. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, digital-rights management, Linux

So much for the 'new and improved' GPL

April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems. TAGS: GPLv3, anti-DRM, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, Linux, open source, information technology, movie

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM

July 27, 2006 Second draft of General Public License 3 "clarifies" digital rights management provisions, a point of contention. Draft version 3 of GPL in full TAGS: GPL, digital-rights management, draft, GPLv3, provision, foundation, Free Software Foundation, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux

Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content control

January 16, 2007 Both DRM technology and GPL 3 will cause a lot of arguments, the man behind Linux says. But in the end, good technology will prevail. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, digital-rights management, GPL, argument, debate, software development, air, open source, open-source software, Linux

Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

January 26, 2006 Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions. TAGS: GPL 3, Linus Torvalds, GPL, digital-rights management, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Linux kernel, software development, license, founder, IBM Corp., open source

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, provision, Novell Inc., Linux, digital signature, leader, module, Red Hat Inc., security, e-mail

The open-source programmer who means business

February 2, 2006 Linux expert and MBA candidate Alan Cox talks about the GPL, patent politics and the drive to the desktop. TAGS: GPL, software patent, GPL 3, Trusted Computing, digital-rights management, Red Hat Inc., open-source programmer, Linux, open-source software, conference, networking, open source, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Torvalds critical of new GPL draft

July 28, 2006 Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, digital-rights management, draft, license, Linux, foundation, leader, open-source software, HP, IBM Corp., open source

New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood

January 18, 2006 Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, GPL, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Richard Stallman, TiVo Inc., provision, open source, Hollywood, movie, Linux, IBM Corp., entertainment, operating system

MP3tunes.com shuns digital rights management

February 9, 2005 Michael Robertson, MP3.com's outspoken founder, turns on his latest creation: a music download service that focuses on unsigned artists. TAGS: MP3tunes, MP3.com Inc., Linspire, digital music, digital-rights management, Linux software, online music, Apple iTunes, artist, Linux, song, download, MP3 player, music, MP3, CEO

Top Linux programmers pan GPL 3

September 25, 2006 High-ranking kernel coders join Torvalds in opposing the new license draft; some say it could harm open source. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, GPLv3, Linux programmer, Linux kernel, Free Software Foundation, survey, Linux, open source, digital-rights management, license, Linux seller

GPL getting tougher on patent deals

March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, draft, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, freedom, digital-rights management, patent, Linux, open-source software, open source, Microsoft Corp., agreement

Adobe tries again with e-books

October 24, 2006 Digital Editions software is meant to be a simpler and more flexible e-book reader and manager. TAGS: Adobe Systems Inc., e-book, e-book Reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader, digital-rights management, Adobe PDF, Linux, video

Former Microsoft exec joins open-source project

November 15, 2004 One of the guys behind Microsoft's "Halloween memo" regarding Linux is now working on open-source media software. TAGS: open source, set-top, digital-rights management, set-top box, TiVo Inc., exec, Microsoft Corp., Linux, video, Microsoft Windows

Getting Bad with Apple

September 13, 2005 Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on Apple and iTunes with BadApple. TAGS: MP3.com Inc., Linspire, open standard, Steve Jobs, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, digital-rights management, music player, digital music, goal, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
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