Randall R Schulz wrote:
Now, I don't support software patents, but there's at least a little irony in this (from the libdvdcss home page):
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* Freedom. libdvdcss is released under the General Public License, ensuring it will stay free, and used only for free software products." -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
The authors seem to want the protection of the legal system while not wanting to abide by the laws that deem their software illegal in so many countries...
I'm not sure what's ironic about it? You're only bound by the laws of the country in which you live. What other countries are up to isn't much of your concern. In Norway DeCSS is not illegal ... Jon Johanson was already tried and acquitted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS /Per Jessen, Zürich