[desktop-discuss] VideoLan 0.8.6e for Solaris

[Ken Mays]

> Andrew asked:
>What I was getting at was an answer to the question "is it legal for Blastwave >to distribute DeCSS (or similar CSS cracking binaries) on their website"?

The answer is "No", and Blastwave.org does NOT currently distribute binaries for libdvdcss (or DeCSS) as far as I know. They'd promptly removed any such library or technology if it was 'accidentally' packaged by a package maintainer.

Disclaimer: Package maintainers are usually not professional lawyers/attorneys and most of them do NOT fully understand the complexity of the many 'software licenses' out in the wild. Take the time to inform the package maintainer, software author(s), or ISP/ISV if you feel a software license agreement or DCCA/DRM/DCA/{others} was violated.
 
 
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