On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:38:12 -0500 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: > > > > I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. > > > I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If > > Debian cannot distribute the decss that allows Debian users to view > > DVD movies (yet), then distributing this one is a good alternative, > > I'd say. > > You're clearly quite mad. Regardless of whether this script is > trivial to implement, it's not something anyone should be encouraged > to actually*use*. CSS is the *best* feature of the HTML4 standard. > Why would anyone in their right mind wish to strip nearly all the > logical structure markup out of a document? Uhh, it is to tweak the international copyright cartel, and the RIAA in particular. They have written "cease and desist" letters to anyone who has a file names deCSS on their system. This is an attempt to make such a filename so common that these letters are pointless, and possibly evidence of illegal activity. Jim Penny
