From the package description: > OpenCLit converts ebooks from the proprietary Microsoft .lit format > to the Open eBook format. There are no programs that can read .lit > books for linux (or anything but recent versions of Windows and > PocketPC), so this is the only way to read .lit files. > > Unfortunately, the only programs that can handle Open eBook files on > linux are closed source (e.g., Opera), but the .opf file is an XML > document, and the actual text and graphics are stored in standard > formats like html and jpg.
The DRM5 features do not work on linux (you need a registered copy of Microsoft Reader, and there is no such thing for linux), but the main functionality (converting to Open eBook format) works just fine. The name and version number are pretty inconsistent (it's openclit, clit, clit12, convertlit, etc., and the version is 12 or 1.2), but I think this is that openclit-12 is the best way to name the package (and the binary is /usr/bin/clit). A few possible issues: * The code is distributed as GPL according to the website, but there's no COPYING or LICENSE file--so, while the copyleft notice is included in the source, it won't make it anywhere into the binary package. * One of the included libraries (which it statically links) is GPL'd by another author (the rest are public domain), and his copyleft message won't appear anywhere in the binary package either. * Converting .lit books that you own into a format that you can read on linux (or a Palm, or even an older PocketPC or Windows box) should be legal fair use in America or any Berne Convention signatory (just like programs to convert .doc, .pdf, etc. to other formats), but I am not a lawyer, and neither is the author. * The source contains code for DRM5 stuff, some of which might make Microsoft unhappy (and some of which might be more useful for pirates than for legitimate users). However, none of this code gets built under linux. * There are some offensive puns throughout the source code (you can guess them from the package name). If any of these issues prevent Mandrake from wanting to distribute openclit, hopefully the PLF people will want it. (You can get a copy from the same place as the other packages I submitted to PLF earlier.)
