Thursday, January 19, 2006

Moglen says GPL 3.0 draft agressively anti-drm

Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation, says the latest draft of the GPL is deliberately and aggressively anti-drm.

"The new version of the most widely used open-source license takes a "highly aggressive" stance against the digital rights management software that's widely favored in the entertainment industry, said Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation.

At a two-day event here to launch the General Public License version 3, which governs use of countless free and open-source programs, Moglen said the license includes anti-DRM provisions that could put it in conflict with movie studios and even digital video recorder maker TiVo."

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