Thanks, that's exactly what was confusing me.

Yeah that would be not a very proud thing to share

The GPUs themselves are named after norse mythology (utgard, midgard, bifrost, valhall), the driver names have been related to those (panfrost, panthor, and now tyr). And the whole theme comes from the fact that the GPUs originate from Norwegian company (later acquired by ARM)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_(processor)

Direct Rendering Manager doesn't predate the concept of digital rights management, but it might predate the widespread usage of the acronym.

From I remember, back int the 90's, "copy protection", was the common term in use.

Both of them, "Digital Rights Management" as a term and the Direct Rendering Manager, are about the same age.

The legal term for it, from the DMCA, "Technological Protection Measures", also conflicts with another acronym :)