[Am-info] HP GURU WARNS OF DRM THREAT TO LINUX

Fred Miller fmiller@lightlink.com
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:10:07 -0400


Thanks to MickySoft, this IS a major problem!

Fred
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HP GURU WARNS OF DRM THREAT TO LINUX

Hewlett-Packard's Linux vice president Martin Fink warned LinuxWorld
attendees yesterday of the growing threat to Linux and open source
from digital rights management technology. Fink said DRM and
open-source software are incompatible because of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5295804.html

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