Re: Bug#531221: okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> writes:

> I like the advisory note somebody else proposed, i.e. "The author said
> you shouldn't do this, do you want to do this anyway?". Whether or not
> that dialog could get permanently ignored by the user could be
> configurable.

Yes, I find this (including the option to never see the warning again)
an acceptable compromise.

> Bottom line is, desktop users should have no problem turning this off,
> organizations/companies should have a way to set their (possibly
> mandated policy).

Right. The operating system and all its programs should know no higher
authority than the root user of the system. Any instructions from
outside entities have only as much effect as what the root user (or any
user on the system to whom they have delegated that authority) grants.

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Ben Finney