LICENSE in sensible-cinema-0.16.3 vs LICENSE in sensible-cinema-0.16.5

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@@ -1,53 +1,55 @@ -All files released under the GPLv3 license [1] unless otherwise specified. Ping me if you want/need this changed. - -May contain some 3rd party libraries/executables under their own (separate, open source) licenses. - -Is this legal? - -Unclear. In general ripping personal DVD's is fine. -It is controversial to use open source software to play/rip DVD's. -There are a few conflicting views. -Sensible-cinema doesn't actually do any decryption or decoding, nor has any knowledge of it, -but calls out to another separate program to rip. It doesn't even have knowledge -as to whether it is ripping something encrypted or not. We don't distribute sensible-cinema with -that program, either. -You can ask the authors of that program if it is legal. Apparently -libdvdcss that it uses has never been challenged in court, and uses a slightly different algorithm -than those that have. -Note also that fair use does allow one to "record" things (especially things that they own) -for personal use/backup. -Using sensible-cinema is probably not any more unethical than ripping your DVD collection to your hard -drive so you can keep your DVD's all in one place. -Also note that if you watch an edited DVD, your are using a DVD player that conforms -with DMCA specifications, so that might have some influence. - -In general, you are responsible for your actions and use of this program. -It is possible that the authors of sensible-cinema are not cupable of anything -regarding its use themselves, since they re-distribute no edited media, -nor distribute cracking codes. In general, check your country's rules first. - -In terms of copyright, it could indeed be legal, at least in the United States, when viewed -using the "playlist" option (v 0.10'ish). -In general, if I have the original DVD sitting next to my TV, I don't feel bad about watching -its edited copy at the same time, but please consult a laywer first if you have any concerns. - -Do not redistribute copied commercial DVD's. We have learned from clean flicks that -redistributing edited commercial DVD's is illegal in the US. We hope that sensible-cinema -is more legal, since you can get the DVD's from wherever you want, and it doesn't change their -structure at all. Please don't redistribute. - -DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES. - -Note that this software might well be legal in the EU, -as it is only software and therefore thus possibly not subject to patents (see "What about patent licenses?" in [2]). -If it's not legal in your country, don't use it! - -A more ancient history of various related thoughts was described here: -http://betterlogic.com/roger/?p=2618 - -Also note that several ideas have been released in the code that are disabled in the final release. Please see the blog -for release notes http://betterlogic.com/roger, as well as http://ruby-forum.com (ruby talk ML there), and rubygems.org -which lists the various releases, and github.com/rdp/sensible-cinema which lists commits and changes and releases. - -[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html, also gplv3 file. -[2] http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html +All files (c) Roger Pack 2010 +All files are released under the GPLv3 license [1] unless otherwise specified. Ping me if you want/need this changed. + +May contain some 3rd party libraries/executables under their own (separate, open source) licenses. + +Is this legal? + +Unclear. In general ripping personal DVD's is fine. +It is controversial to use open source software to play/rip DVD's. +There are a few conflicting views. +Sensible-cinema doesn't actually do any decryption or decoding, nor has any knowledge of it, +but calls out to another separate program to rip. It doesn't even have knowledge +as to whether it is ripping something encrypted or not. We don't distribute sensible-cinema with +that program, either. +You can ask the authors of that program if it is legal. Apparently +libdvdcss that it uses has never been challenged in court, and uses a slightly different algorithm +than those that have. +Note also that fair use does allow one to "record" things (especially things that they own) +for personal use/backup. +Using sensible-cinema is probably not any more unethical than ripping your DVD collection to your hard +drive so you can keep your DVD's all in one place. It's about the same as ripping a DVD, editing +it in Windows Movie Maker to take out the bad scenes, then watching that. +Also note that if you watch an edited DVD, your are using a DVD player that conforms +with DMCA specifications, so that might have some influence. + +In general, you are responsible for your actions and use of this program. +It is possible that the authors of sensible-cinema are not cupable of anything +regarding its use themselves, since they re-distribute no edited media, +nor distribute cracking codes. In general, check your country's rules first. + +In terms of copyright, it could be legal under the The Family Home Movie Act of 2005, +at least in the United States, when viewed using the "playlist" option (v 0.10'ish, then later removed). +In general, if I have the original DVD sitting next to my TV, I don't feel bad about watching +its edited copy at the same time, but please consult a laywer first if you have any concerns. + +Do not redistribute copied commercial DVD's. We have learned from clean flicks that +redistributing edited commercial DVD's is illegal in the US. We hope that sensible-cinema +is more legal, since you can get the DVD's from wherever you want, and it doesn't change their +structure at all. Please don't redistribute. + +DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES. + +Note that this software might well be legal in the EU, +as it is only software and therefore thus possibly not subject to patents (see "What about patent licenses?" in [2]). +If it's not legal in your country, don't use it! + +A more ancient history of various related thoughts was described here: +http://betterlogic.com/roger/?p=2618 + +Also note that several ideas have been released in the code that are disabled in the final release. Please see the blog +for release notes http://betterlogic.com/roger, as well as http://ruby-forum.com (ruby talk ML there), and rubygems.org +which lists the various releases, and github.com/rdp/sensible-cinema which lists commits and changes and releases. + +[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html, also gplv3 file. +[2] http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html