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Re: [dvd-discuss] The power of a click
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] The power of a click
- From: Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 05:44:07 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <20011204032603.A24648@edinburgh.cisco.com>; from dfawcus@cisco.com on Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:26:03AM +0000
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:26:03AM +0000, Derek Fawcus wrote:
> > I should clarify that: source code to the original decss.exe was never
> > released (as far as I'm aware).
>
> Wrong.
as I said: "as far as I'm aware".
> When the decss.exe program was originally supposed to be released, a
> mistake occured, and for a while the _source code_ to program was
> available. This was later replaced with the executable program.
>
> During the window in which the source was available, a number of people
> managed to download a copy. A copy of said source managed to wing it's
> way to me after the executable had replaced the source, but before the
> source was generally available.
>
> I think I've even still got the files around somewhere. Moldering on a
> disused directory of a hard disk. I'm not sure if I've still got the
> original archive file they came in.
if you find it, please send me a copy.
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