------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158113
------- Additional Comments From enderandrew gmail com 2008-07-22 06:43 -------
In regards to comment #2 from Ely, I don't know the story of the guy who was
trying to open up the format before. People reverse-engineer format readers
all the time. That isn't against the law. If I had to guess, the kid was
threatened with the DMCA, which makes it illegal to circumvent copyright
protection to pirate materials.
So, it likely goes alone similar lines of libdvdcss, in which code allows you
to play media (or read media) which I've seen lawyers say is perfectly legal,
and has no real bearing on the DMCA. Enabling people to bypass copyright
protection to make unlawful copies is another story altogether.
Enough FUD was spread that people are afraid to touch it. Distros won't
include libdvdcss, even though it isn't illegal. And no one has gone after
distros that do include it.
If people have been scared off of .lit support because of FUD, that is sad.
_______________________________________________
Okular-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/okular-devel
