Cox's DRM patent less than meets the eye

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 18, 2007 12:05 AM EDT
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On Monday, Slashdot reported that legendary Linux kernel developer Alan Cox filed a patent application in June 2005 related to digital rights management technology. Cox's patent describes software that would automatically suspend operations if the user was found to be out of compliance with the software's licensing terms but that would save the user's data before suspending to prevent data loss.

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