[Okular-devel] [Bug 158113] support for reading .lit files

[T.J.Brumfield]

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------- Additional Comments From enderandrew gmail com  2008-07-22 06:43 -------
In regards to comment #2 from Ely, I don't know the story of the guy who was trying to open up the format before.  People reverse-engineer format readers all the time.  That isn't against the law.  If I had to guess, the kid was threatened with the DMCA, which makes it illegal to circumvent copyright protection to pirate materials.

So, it likely goes alone similar lines of libdvdcss, in which code allows you to play media (or read media) which I've seen lawyers say is perfectly legal, and has no real bearing on the DMCA.  Enabling people to bypass copyright protection to make unlawful copies is another story altogether.

Enough FUD was spread that people are afraid to touch it.  Distros won't include libdvdcss, even though it isn't illegal.  And no one has gone after distros that do include it.

If people have been scared off of .lit support because of FUD, that is sad.