| From: | Anthony Towns <aj(at)azure(dot)humbug(dot)org(dot)au> |
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| To: | Brian Ristuccia <brian(at)ristuccia(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Rourk, Chris" <crourk(at)AKINGUMP(dot)COM>, 'Branden Robinson / SPI Treasurer' <branden+spi-treasurer(at)deadbeast(dot)net>, Andrew Hagen <xah(at)myrealbox(dot)com>, spi-general(at)lists2(dot)spi-inc(dot)org, spi-board(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Worst Case Scenarios - SPI and Lawsuits |
| Date: | 2002-01-12 02:14:01 |
| Message-ID: | 20020112021401.GA29701@azure.humbug.org.au |
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:36:43PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> Surely this is a prudent policy. But we can't take it too far. Today we're
> omitting sofware DVD players because end users might use them to infringe
> copyright or modify them into "circumvention devices."
We are doing no such thing. For a start, there's
pool/main/x/xine/xine_0.4.3.orig.tar.gz
in main, on ftp-master. What we are doing is refraining from distributing
software that appears to come directly under the provisions for a
circumvention device, without need of any modification at all.
Regards,
aj
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