Re: TrueType/OpenType and anti-circumvention laws

Paul Wise <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Organization Debian
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:16 -0500, P. J. McDermott wrote:

> [Resending to the list, as it apparently didn't go through earlier.]

It did go through.

> Ping?  Any thoughts on whether a font DRM modification tool would be
> legal to distribute and use in Debian given that the DRM is a simple bit
> field rather than an "effective" TPM such as scrambling or encryption?

Probably best to consult a lawyer there, but ISTR even trivial things
are supposed to count under the DMCA.

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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