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  • DRM, GPLv3 just 'hot air': Linus Torvalds

    Digital rights management (DRM) and the General Public License (GPL) cause a lot of 'hot air' to be exchanged but they are not a 'big deal', according to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

  • Video: Torvalds unimpressed with DRM, GPLv3

    In this 3.5 minute video, Linus Torvalds talks about why digital rights management and the General Public License cause a lot of "hot air" to be exchanged but do not amount to a "big deal".

  • Samba prepares 3.2 launch under GPLv3

    Samba will release the next version of its server software under the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3), which was launched by the Free Software Foundation last month.

  • Torvalds critical of new GPL draft

    The second draft of a revised General Public License has been released, but Linus Torvalds -- founder and leader of the best-known software project governed by the GPL -- remains unconvinced of its merits.

  • Linus Torvalds at Linux.conf.au 2008

    Linus Torvalds is the star guest at Australia's annual Linux conference. ZDNet.com.au once again took a video crew to Melbourne in January and caught up with the man behind Linux.

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    Linus Torvalds is the star guest at Australia's annual Linux conference. ZDNet.com.au once again took a video crew to Melbourne in January and caught up with the man behind Linux.

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