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Re: Bug#531221: okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM



Le samedi 30 mai 2009 à 21:40 -0500, John Goerzen a écrit :
> If this "feature" is there, it should:
> 
> a) be disabled by default, so people can copy maximally without issue;

FWIW, this is what is done in evince, and the setting is hidden.

> b) the error message should clearly state how to disable it.
> 
> I would go so far as to propose patching it out of Okular entirely.
> Debian should not be a tool to support software restrictions like this.

I think it is still interesting to have this available, so that people
needing e.g. to comply with stupid terms of a contract can simply set a
mandatory setting on their systems and enable this (non-)feature.

-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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`. `'   “I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in
  `-     future understand things”  -- Jörg Schilling

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