The Linux Kernel is No Longer Free Software? 
    
     Dr. Roy Schestowitz 
     
      2020-01-25 13:36:30 UTC 
      Modified: 2020-01-26 04:37:08 UTC 
      
     
   
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VIDEO 
Summary : Gardiner Bryant, the creator of The Linux Gamer as well as The Off Topical Podcast, reacts to our articles about DRM in Linux (he even pronounced my name correctly) 
   
   
   
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