On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:02:36AM +0000, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:21:22AM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: > > > $ ldd /usr/bin/drip | grep libdvdcss > > > libdvdcss.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2 (0x4019a000) > > > > Linking drip with libdvdcss is utterly useless since drip does not > > use any libdvdcss function. > Ok, I understand. I'll find it out when I get the other problems sorted > out (depending on the results, the linker issue might not be relevant) > > > My understanding is that Drip being linked against libdvdcss is illegal > > > in the USA, so a solution could be to put it in non-us. > > Grmbl, please read carefully my first message in this thread. Drip > > has nothing to do with libdvdcss, only libdvdread uses libdvdcss. > Whatever. The fact is that when we put Drip, libdvdread and libdvdcss > together we obtain what what the DMCA calls a "circumvention device for > copyright protection technology". This may happen in non-us, but must not > happen in main. I don't see any bright line that would be used here to legally distinguish between (Drip+libdvdread+libdvdcss) and libdvdcss by itself. It seems to me that if we're allowed to ship libdvdcss, we're also allowed to ship applications that use it. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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