1 Apr
2002
1 Apr
'02
10:03 p.m.
And thusly Wayne M. Smith spake:
No no no! The source for DeCSS was released and a Windows executable was made
DeCSS was a huge red herring. It was originally developed to _watch_
DVD movies, not _copy_ them.
The reason why something is developed is really not that relevant to how it may
ultimately be used -- we (the US) build weapons of
mass destruction as a deterrent to keep the peace, but they're clearly capable of
great evil. If you're referring to the that DeCSS
was developed because there was no Linux DVD player, this story is apocryphal. DeCSS is
a Windows-only executable file; there never
was a Linux version, and the claim that it was developed as a Windows file because Linux
didin't support the DVD file structure is
nonsense. Moreover, if you need the windows OS to decrypt a DVD, then you already have a
computer that can play the DVD.
from that.... T-shirts have even been made with the
source code printed on
them.
Cheers,
Bryan