Re: Xpdf fuckware
Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 12:44:09PM -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote:
> > Adam Langley wrote:
> >
> > > "Error: Copying of text from this document is not allowed. Use
> > > -ignoreperms option to do so anyway"
> >
> > But the whole point of this discussion is that in many cases copying of
> > text IS ALLOWED, despite the author's unreasonable wishes (fair use,
> > yada yada). Please change the error message.
>
> "Error: The author has requested that copying of text from this document be
> forbidden. Use -ignoreperms to do so anyway."
>
> ?
Adam Langley (author of the patch) has privately suggested
"The author of this PDF has requested that you don't [copy
text|print]. Use the -ignoreperms option to do this"
which I think is fine.
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