On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:43:36PM +1000, Ian McWilliam wrote: > Finally, some sense, thanks. The real issue for me at least is the fact > that one is prepared to modify (in this case xpdf) away for what ever > standard it is written against, modified away from the original software > distribution without documenting the change, informing the end user who > installs the modified software so they can make an informed decision as to > whether they still want to use the modified version or go off and install > the unmodified version.
I don't see any actual reason to have flavors for xpdf. As far as I'm concerned, the drm part is just some bits in the document. This is information, we should display it, let's say add a menu that tells you what protection the document has, possibly add a notice requester that tells you the author didn't intend for you to print the document, asking you for confirmation and... that's it. I only see reasons to tell people they're about to do something that the original author of the document didn't intend them to, and to let them choose what they will do, based on technical possibilities.
