On 14 Dec 2004 at 08h12, Eric Gaumer wrote: Hi,
> > Please stop digressing to irrelevant tangents. > > How is this irrelevant. Does deCSS not violate licensing issues? If it > wasn't for guys putting this stuff out there, we would be screwed when > it came to watching DVD's on Linux. So now who is wrong? I paid good > money for a DVD and I can't watch it? The case has been closed (and 'Dvd Jon' won) exactly for the reason you mention - except it's stated "reverse-engineering for interoperability is allowed". It may have been different if the trial had taken place in the USA where they have software patents and the DMCA. -- Colin