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Re: Bug#531221: okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM



On May 31, Sune Vuorela <Sune@vuorela.dk> wrote:

> So. you want Okular to by default help you with violating conditions of use of 
> the document you downloaded?
Correct, this is what I would like it to do (but I use evince instead,
which by default does not bother users with this sillyness).
Users can still legally have rights even if they are forbidden by
license terms which are effectively void.
DRM deprives users of such rights.

> Is the next step to make Debian help more active to by default violate the 
> conditions of use of software?
I will offer an opinion about such a situation when this will actually
be proposed. Since I do not believe in following copyright as a
religious matter I cannot provide a blanket statement on this issue.

> You even have a check box to make it possible for you to violate the 
> conditions of use of the document if you really really want it.
It is being argued that it has an inconvenient default and that it is
not well documented. Properly documenting the existence of this
configuration option in the error dialog would go a long way in solving
this issue.

> Why are you downloading files that limits your freedom?
Why do you care?

> (I don't like DRM, but the right way to fight it is not to ignore the terms, 
> but to get the people providing the content to stop using it)
I don't like people who think they know better than me what I need.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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