Hi Lorenzo, hi Malcolm, On Sat, 3 May 2014 11:53:29 +0200 Lorenzo Porta <[email protected]> wrote:
> Il 02/05/2014 23:12, Malcolm ha scritto: > > On Fri 02 May 2014 10:51:47 PM CDT, Manfred Tremmel wrote: > > > >> Am Freitag, 2. Mai 2014, 13:44:28 schrieb Lorenzo: > >>> Since my account on pmbs isn't being activated, I ask here if > >>> someone can please add this package: > >> No, in germany it's illegal to provide software that breaks copy > >> protection systems. We do have libdvdcss on pmbs, but we can't > >> provide in the download section. > >> > > Hi > > I understand this, however aircrack-ng is also illegal in Germany > > (according to > > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_application_blacklist) > > yet provided for building/downloading from packman? > > > > > Exactly, why is libdvdcss different? You know, that we are there in something like a gray zone. We - OK, I have to use the "we" loosely, like "the packman team in 2005" - decided to not further publish libdvdcss due to the then new Urheberrecht in Germany. It might be a good idea to stop distributing aircrack also, but: 1. libdvdcss is a popular tool, which may attract attention to Packman, more popular than aircrack, 2. libdvdcss is published elsewhere, and _a lot_ better documented in the web, as Martin pointed out earlier. So there is simply NO NEED to have libdvdcss in Packman. Greetings, Stefan -- Stefan Botter zu Hause Bremen
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