Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:14:54AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:52:51PM +0000, rmh@debian.org wrote:
> > DeCSS is a utility for stripping Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) tags from an
> > HTML page. That's all it does. It has no relationship whatsoever to
> > encryption, copy protection, movies, software freedom, oppressive industry
> > cartels, Web site witch hunts, or any other bad things that could get you
> > in trouble.
>
> Is this a political statement, or are there other reasons why this
> software would be useful? (I can't think of any reason why castrating
> an HTML document of recent vintage in this manner would be useful in its
> own right.)
It is political, but I won't upload it if there's no practical usability in
it. I thought that if FreeBSD has a port of DeCSS [1] maybe we should have
a package in Debian too.
Does anyone have more comments on the usability of DeCSS?
[1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=decss&stype=all
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