[Wylug-discuss] advice on ebook reader or similar...

james riley jimr1603 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 22 11:33:54 UTC 2011


>The Leeds library e-books are DRMed and they require "Adobe Digital
>Editions" software.

>Windows- and Mac-only ... no prospect of a Linux version ... ever.

And not likely to. FOSS DRM fails by design. No way for the restrictor
to keep the restrictions in place if the software grants the N
freedoms.

James Riley

P.S. Topic split to discuss petitioning the library to change their
mind on the proprietary-only-ness of their ebook lending?



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