Debian Bug report logs - #531221
okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM by default

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Package: okular; Maintainer for okular is Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <[email protected]>; Source for okular is src:okular (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: John Goerzen <[email protected]>

Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 00:12:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version kdegraphics/4:4.2.2-2

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Subject: Re: Bug#531221: okular: Arbitrarily enforces DRM
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Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:39:27 -0500
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Pino Toscano writes:
> I'm just curious to know: if you don't use the package, how can you express an 
> opinion on it? 

I commented on the misuse of the term DRM to describe the advisory locking
that is the subject of this discussion.  I added the parenthetical to make
it clear that I was not thereby endorsing the present arrangement.  

BTW "Settings->Configure Ocular" offers a "Obey DRM limitations" checkbox.
This will confuse many users as the feature seems to be normally referred
to as "securing" or "locking".  To most people "DRM" has to do with music
and videos.

> This for sure doesn't help about the current discussion.

I just wanted to clarify the point that this advisory locking is not DRM.
-- 
John Hasler

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