DRM and GPLv3 debates pointless

LINUX MESSIAH Linus Torvalds has dubbed the anti DRM and GPL debates in the Open Sauce community as "no big deal" and says they just generate "hot air".

Speaking to ZD Net, Torvalds, said that both issues were creating "lots of arguments" but in the bigger scheme of things, neither will stop good technology from prevailing.

Admitting that he may not be right about it, Torvalds thinks that it is just the sort of thing that people get hot under the collar about.

He said it ends up in a situation where people really like to argue. It raises a lot of bad blood, creates hurt feelings, but at the end of the day it does not matter much.

Torvalds does not like DRM technology much because it makes life more difficult for users. But he is a believer in letting people do what they want. He added that he thought that GPLv3, which is due for release in the first quarter of this year, was 'interesting' but also not a big deal.

Torvalds said that if you look at the number of licences that people have been using over the years, it is just another one. Despite all the arguments about which technology or software development methodology is better, 'good technology' will win in the end, Torvalds reckoned.

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