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Date:      Wed, 11 May 2005 17:59:50 +0200
From:      Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
To:        Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/80895: xpdf honors no-copy flag of .pdf file
Message-ID:  <20050511155950.GA20537@ice.42.org>
In-Reply-To: <200505111522.j4BFM3fn089387@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200505111522.j4BFM3fn089387@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 15:22 +0000, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Synopsis: xpdf honors no-copy flag of .pdf file
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
> State-Changed-By: pav
> State-Changed-When: Wed May 11 15:21:43 GMT 2005
> State-Changed-Why: 
> I'm quite sure authors have reasons to honor this flag. :)

So what. The author crippled the program, the FreeBSD port can easily
make it usable again. Its not a new concept.

Read 
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/cracking.html
and tell me why FreeBSD should honor the copy bit and make it harder for
users to conpy text they want?

CU,
    Sec
-- 
Working on GUIs rots your brain.
The KDE and GNOME developers are prime examples. -- brandon in asr



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