Re: Xpdf fuckware
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:55:30PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:17:10AM -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hmm, such a message would confuse me if I got it. It seems words
> missing somehow. There should at least be an "anyway" at the end,
> to make clear that "do this" doesn't mean "honour the request".
I agree. I like the following:
"The author of this PDF has requested that you don't [copy
text from|print] this document. Use the -ignoreperms option
to ignore this request."
Any objections?
Lots of slashdotters think we are being hypocritical if we implement this.
I disagree since we're not making it the default. Anyone else?
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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