Bug#154281: libdvdcss ITP
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:26:47AM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
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> The conclusion was from a single individual. I fully agree with Brian's
> analysis, but I am not a legal professional, and I do not live in the
> United States. I will not upload a libdvdcss package until we have a
> consensus and legal advice. Maybe we should have yet another discussion
> about it on debian-legal.
We had (at least) one consensus in debian-legal, which ended with Brian's
argument. It's pointless to keep arguing over the same issue during _years_
just to come up with the same conclussion.
As for the legal advice, what do you mean? Do you suggest that we hire a
lawyer to advocate in favour of libdvdcss? In case it is in doubt wether
libdvdcss violates the DMCA, it is still pretty clear to me that the DMCA
can not be (legaly) enforced outside the jurisdiction of the USA.
> Anyway, be assured that if I uploaded libdvdcss to the archive at
> this moment, no ftp-master would dare to accept it. I do not want to
> waste their time.
Nor do I, but how can you assure it? Do you know if the ftp masters have
ever pronounced on this? and do you know if there has been any "rejected"
or "frozen" attempts at uploading libdvdcss?
--
Robert Millan
"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."
-- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
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