Re: ITP: oms -- Open Media System DVD Player
First, why was this followed up to submit@bugs? Second, Non-US is
traditionally not a haven for things illegal in the US, just for things
illegal to export from the US. If you want to run with this, be advised
that you're attempting to change the Way Things Are Done.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Sam TH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:03:26PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> >
> > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GPL.
> > For software dvd playback, it needs libcss, which can't be included legally,
> > but oms itself doesn't depend on libcss, so it shouldn't be a problem for debian.
> >
>
> libcss can certiainly go in non-US. It's only the US where we pass
> laws that restrict the ability to actually use the products you
> purchase. The css decryption routines are only illegal here (and
> currently, only for a few people).
>
>
> sam th
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