Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2006-02-02 at 01:00 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Sure, DRM may mean that you can not _install_ or _run_ your changes on 
> somebody elses hardware. 

Last time I checked the Xbox was owned by the person who bought it. Xbox
Linux hits this problem today. So it may affect "your hardware" too
unless you make hardware, which is an unusual and privileged position.

That isn't to say the GPLv3 approach is neccessarily a solution at all.

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