Subject: Re: css pkgs?
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/25/2004 21:17:09
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Marc Recht <recht@netbsd.org> writes:
> >> Yes, but that should no longer be needed.
> >
> > Are you referring to that
> > <http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/20040122_eff_pr.php> article
> > ? I'm not in any way competant in US copyright law - does this also
> > cover the DMCA ?
>
> We might want to consult with EFF, but as I understand the case, they
> were attempting to block distribution of css largely on trade secret
> grounds.
FYI, the best supported way of enabling css in mplayer would be to
use the code already included in the distribution, simply by removing
"--disable-mpdvdkit" from CONFIGURE_ARGS.
Frederick