From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzGfK-0002PM-00 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:55:38 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1AFtZC3018533 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:55:35 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j1AFtZq8018532 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:55:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:55:34 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050210155534.GD18112@rednote.net> References: <200502101544.j1AFiIl3002071@uni07mr.unity.ncsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502101544.j1AFiIl3002071@uni07mr.unity.ncsu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.741_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: Trouble with listen-up X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:55:38 -0000 Sina Bahram writes: > Well, if it's easy enough to crack ... Then cracking it and distributing > binaries would be legal, I gather? Are you joking? The illegality of breaking and entering a house doesn't depend on the strength of the locks that protect it. In fact, it's still "breaking and entering," even if there is no lock, as I understand things--though perhaps some lawyer among us might clarify this principal for us. If redistribution is really illegal, than it's illegal regardless of presence or absence of encryption. > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:04 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Trouble with listen-up > > Sina Bahram writes: > > RFB&D protects their daisy books with a propriotary encryption algorithm > ... > > Does RNIB do the same? > > > Yes. It is definitely the case. > > However, it would not be hard to write a module to open the content, though > the terms of licensing would not allow publishing the source. > > The reason for this encryption is to meet legal copyright restrictions on > the distribution of this content. It's the computer equivalent of making > audio cassette talking books use half speed and open reel track format, > rather than standard cassette speed and standard track format. > > > > > If so: that could explain why it reads the title and everything; > > however, seg faults on the rest ... > > > > Good luck with this problem: I'd be interested in getting a solution > > to it, as I think it may lead to one, hopefully, for reading RFB&D > > daisy formats without having to pay them for the software and/or > > hardware, which I find ridiculous. > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.