Unprintable (locked?) PDF

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Wed Jun 28 19:25:59 UTC 2006


>>>>> "MM" == Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> writes:

MM> Would someone who knows please enlighten me as to why it is one
MM> could not modify an open-source program which can view PDF files
MM> which are "encrypted" and which are marked as not printable to
MM> ignore the "no print" specification?

Of course you could.

MM> Specifically, is the GNOME PDF viewer open source?

Of course it is.

MM> If so, then what prevents one from modifying it to ignore the "no
MM> print" lock?

Nothing.  Feel free.

 - J<




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