Torvalds On TiVo - Forbes.com
Forbes carried a very interesting article on Linux progenitor Linus Torvalds' take on TiVo. TiVo devices use Linux open source software as their operating system.
Linus fields questions on the TiVo, problems or at least complications that DRM can lead to, and how DRM and GPL v3 can possibly clash.
It is an interesting article and pretty astute for a business magazine. Both Linus and the interviewer seem pretty savvy.
Torvalds On TiVo - Forbes.com:
Linus fields questions on the TiVo, problems or at least complications that DRM can lead to, and how DRM and GPL v3 can possibly clash.
It is an interesting article and pretty astute for a business magazine. Both Linus and the interviewer seem pretty savvy.
Torvalds On TiVo - Forbes.com:
TiVo uses the open source Linux operating system in its digital video recorders and gets a lot of heat from people in the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community because those boxes aren't as open as hackers would like them to be.
Oddly enough, however, Linus Torvalds, who created Linux and oversees its development, isn't among the complainers. In an e-mail interview with Forbes, he explains his position.
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