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Re: packages in contrib that are DFSG-compliant



  >>> text/acroread_3.0-1.deb
  >>>
  >>> Unless I'm mistaken, the free "xpdf" duplicates the function of this
  >>> package.
  >> But it's probably still useful to some people.  It should go into
  >> non-free.
  > Sure. I just wanted to point out that it is not important because
  > there is free software that replaces it.

xpdf cannot display encrypted pdf files because Derek doesn't know how to
release code that decodes this and still be safe with respect to US export
laws. Yuck!

So in short: for as long as there are files with encrypted pdf out there,
there is usage for acroread.

Dirk
(xpdf maintainer)

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