<div>Encryption on modules stops people using modules which they haven't paid for, while stilling allowing installmgr to download them.</div>
<div>Content control (stopping printing, copying, etc.) is a completely different issue, and may be relevant even for non-encrypted modules.<br><br>God Bless,<br>Ben<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Multitudes, multitudes,<br> in the valley of decision!<br>For the day of the LORD is near<br> in the valley of decision.<br><br>Giôên 3:14 (ESV)<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/08/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Haslam</b> <<a href="mailto:d.haslam@ukonline.co.uk">d.haslam@ukonline.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>Presumably an encrypted Bible module is still printable (as well as<br>displayable) by any frontend SWORD (or JSword) application that has a print<br>
option? Tell me if I am wrong.<br><br>Suppose therefore that a frontend application existed that has print dialog<br>options that can be selected to print from Genesis 1:1 through Revelation<br>22:21, then in theory, the whole Bible text can be printed in one go, right?<br>
<br>There is nothing to stop anyone developing a frontend with such a feature.<br>All our code is open source.<br><br>Since printer drivers abound that can print to PDF or other electronic<br>formats, the whole text of a locked module could therefore be output to a<br>
PDF file, with no security properties preventing further copying.<br><br>So what does locking a module really achieve?<br><br>Anyone seen the emperor's clothes recently?<br><br>-- David<br>--<br>View this message in context: <a href="http://www.nabble.com/Printing-an-encrypted-module--tp25167239p25167239.html">http://www.nabble.com/Printing-an-encrypted-module--tp25167239p25167239.html</a><br>
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