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kovidgoyal · 12-26-2009, 10:13 PM

Opening DRMed books in an open source program is a contradiction in terms. Basically, if I opened DRMed books in calibre, you could modify calibre very easily to use it as a DRM removal tool. The only way DRM works is with closed source software. Partnering with sites that sell DRM free books though should definitely be possible.

12-26-2009, 10:13 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Opening DRMed books in an open source program is a contradiction in terms. Basically, if I opened DRMed books in calibre, you could modify calibre very easily to use it as a DRM removal tool. The only way DRM works is with closed source software. Partnering with sites that sell DRM free books though should definitely be possible.