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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.

  • 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.

  • Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying

    Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air".

  • Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds

    The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia's largest Linux conference.

  • 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".

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  • 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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    Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.

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    Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying

    Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air".

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    Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds

    The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne attending Linux.conf.au -- Australia's largest Linux conference.

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    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".

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