Re: Xpdf fuckware
Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>:
> 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?
>From a usability point of view, it should probably be a popup with a
"Do it anyway" -button instead requirin an -ignoreperms option. I would,
personally, like to know when I'm going against then author's wishes, and
then have an easy way to override those when I deem it to be morally and
legally correct. Having to re-start xpdf (which might have been started
from within a web browser, for example) is annoying, so a popup that
asks me would be nicer.
> Lots of slashdotters think we are being hypocritical if we implement this.
> I disagree since we're not making it the default. Anyone else?
Is there any reason to care about what Slashdotters say, just because
they say it on Slashdot?
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Lars Wirzenius <liw@wapit.com>
Architect, Kannel WAP and SMS Gateway project, Wapit Ltd, http://www.kannel.org
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