I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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While Linux is Open Source, Open Source is not only Linux.
There are a number of open source projects that does not run on Linux, usually due to some technical issue, as the source code is available for anybody who wants to, to try and port it.
I agree that if the open source community can build a better DRM-like technology that satisfies the media producer's rights while making it more accessible (like to Linux) then that would provide the greatest freedom of all because no single entity can control/edit/change the technology as they like!
What's the alternative?
DRM is used because there is little alternative to keep some control of content.