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Maybe now I'll finally be able to share my library with my partner
You could before, but any games with steam DRM (which is most of them) would lock your library if your spouse was using it.
It would not lock your library if someone was playing one of your games. You could start any game in your library and the family member would be given a 15 minute period to wrap up their session before being booted. It had nothing to do with steam drm either.
Source: I actually used family sharing a few times.
The steam DRM does matter, games that don't have it could be played without it licking the library. I didn't know that they gave you a full 15 min though, I just knew my son would complain about being unable to play unless I was in something DRM free like Caves of Qud.
*Most people could. My library has some kind of fucked issue. Had to reach out to steam support who were absolutely useless.