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List:       mageia-dev
Subject:    Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions,
From:       Tux99 <tux99-mga () uridium ! org>
Date:       2010-10-14 10:06:32
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.1010141202210.18238-100000 () outpost-priv
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, Anssi Hannula wrote:

> > Oops, didn't notice the above posts were about DRM only, not patents...
> > anyway, ibiblio contains such distros as well.
> 
> BTW, according to 17 U.S.C. Sec. 1201(f) circumvention of protection measures 
> is allowed if it is necessary to achieve interoperability with other software.
> 
> Of course, this may not apply to CSS...

I don't know if you read the following article, but it looks like even 
in the US the laws are actually much less strict now, than people seem 
to think:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/billington-opens-new-dmca-loopholes/6942

I'd say this is another strong argument towards including libdvdcss 
on the CD/DVD of the Mageia distro.

(Regardless of my opinion that we should only care about French law 
anyway)

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