libdvdcss is discussed in /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/README.Debian so to answer your question, no, it is not illegal for Ubuntu to talk about it. You'll find it clearly explained in the Desktop Guide for Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06. In fact, libdvdcss2 is not clearly illegal either.
That just clarifies a couple of your questions. However, the uninformative error message sounds like a bug to me, so leaving this bug open. -- [libdvdcss missing] Error message unclear https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37264 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
