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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