From: Graham Murray <graham@gmurray.org.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:18:01 +0000
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	Kester-Haney's message of "Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:21:07 -0600")
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Ian Kester-Haney <ikesterhaney@gmail.com> writes:

> The GPLv3 would not allow any copyrighted materials under DRM to be
> viewed, one could even argue that protected PDF files might constitute
> DRM and not be allowed under the new GPL.

That is not how I read the GPLv3. The way I read it is that a GPL'd
application cannot be used to *create* the protection, not that it
cannot be used to view or use the protected work. 
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