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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdegraphics/kpdf/core
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-02-20 17:29:17
Message-ID: 200502201229.17391.staikos () kde ! org
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On Saturday 19 February 2005 17:37, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> I George, i don't understand what you mean, can you clarify?
>
> > > Implement isAllowed for the pdf generator, Enrico is implementing the
> > > use of it in pageview etc. IMHO this is not a feaute but a bug-fix as
> > > if this is not implemented we let the user copy text and print from PDF
> > > that are protected against and wether we may like it or not is what the
> > > spec says and we could get in problems if someone copies text from a
> > > protected PDF using our tool.
> >
> >    Given that we have the source, who cares? :)

   Since we have the source, the [terribly weak] DRM is basically useless.  I 
guess packagers will do what they feel is necessary (and have in the past in 
sometimes ridiculous ways) but since we only ship source, well, what 
difference does it make if we put DRM in or not?

-- 
George Staikos
KDE Developer				http://www.kde.org/
Staikos Computing Services Inc.		http://www.staikos.net/
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