On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Alan wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:46:16 +0100
"Andras Simon" <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 1/22/07, Mark Knoop <mpknoop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The others (mplayer, xine, etc) can play unencrypted dvds if you
install libdvdread which is free. To play css encrypted dvds you need
to also install libdvdcss (non-free).
In what sense is libdvdcss non-free?
In the sense that a US or EU citizen can be arrested for posessing or
using it, or in the US even giving a URL to it.
Sounds like it is not libdvdcss that is not-free, but the residents of the
US or EU. But then again, I am just stating the obvious...
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