[ale] Fedora and RHN?

[Fulton Green]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:31:18AM -0500, Chris Ricker wrote:
> xine css isn't a patent issue. It's a "MPAA has lots of money and will sue
> us, even though they have no legal grounds, because that's how the USA
> works" issue. decss is actually GPL'ed, and doesn't infringe patents, so
> xine's license is fine.

Both Xine and Ogle now make use of a library called libdvdcss, which
doesn't use the original DeCSS code, which made use of an encryption key
that a hacker gleaned from a system that did a poor job of obscuring it.

Instead, libdvdcss simply brute-forces the key.  On modern systems (which,
if you're using a DVD drive, you most likely have), performance impact is
negliglible.

At least that's how the "ShaolinuxTemple" guy explained it when he showed
us how to rip DVDs at ALE-Central "back in the day".