[Digikam-devel] [Bug 268981] WISH: Digital Right Management with integrated steganographic capabilities (write and read).

[Todd]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268981


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--- Comment #8 from Todd <toddrme2178 gmail com>  2011-03-26 16:07:14 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> - digiKam integrates external work as in KIPI-Plugins, Kdcraw, etc, provides
> interfaces to comercial or copyright protected software services (Marble,
> shmug, Facebook, etc.). That is the reason which I assume one can handle the
> question of opensource and free availability.

I am not sure why you included Marble, it is open-source as well.  The external
libraries digikam integrates are all open-source.  The non-open-source stuff
digikmam connects to are all web services where digikam's sole role is sending
data over open-source compatible (i.e. http or ftp) communication channels. 
There is a big difference between sending some data over the internet and
linking to a library internally.  I am not 100% sure it is against the GPL
license to link to commercial software internally, but it highly frowned-upon
and makes distribution of the software very difficult.  It also requires that
the software has a license that lets people link to it, otherwise digikam
trying to do so would break the law.

Even ignoring the licensing issues, it is very unlikely that digikam would
include features that require users jump through additional hoops (going online
to download software, or even buying software) to make use of it.

It would also require the software be available for Linux.  Digikam is not
linux-only, but it seems unlikely they would include software that only works
on windows since that is a small fraction of their user and develop base.

> - Did you check out the links from Comment #2? There are many opensource
> projects dealing related topics, as in
> <http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Security/Products_and_Tools/Cryptography/Steganography/>

What are the "many" open source versions listed there?  I looked through all
the software on that list, only one is open-source (steghide), and it is
unmaintained (last release was in 2003).  They list a bunch of freeware
applications, but freeware and open source are not the same thing.

Can you please list any specific examples of currently-maintained open-source
applications or libraries that support at the very least Linux and windows,
rather than a website with a list of applications with no indication as to
whether those applications are open-source or currently maintained?  

Since you are the one pushing this idea, it would be considerate to the readers
if you made the effort to find the software that could be used, rather than
forcing your readers to hunt for it.  You are trying to convince everyone this
is a good idea, but forcing the readers to do your basic research for you is
not the best way to go about it.

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