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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Encryption/obfuscation isn't necessarily DRM - Fine line I Know 
The only way to be sure is take a book and put in on a kindle registered to someone else's account and see if it opens (Or create a test account, but I think they frown on this).
If the book can be read, then it fulfills TOR's requirement of being able to be read on personal devices. |
Tor gave as reasons for going DRM-free that you can read their ebooks on any of your devices, not just any of your Kindle devices, and being able to move your library from one ereader to another, not just from one Kindle to another.
http://www.torbooks.co.uk/buy-tor-ebooks/
In another article they make it clear that the ability to change formats is one of the benefits of DRM-free:
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DRM was an irritant taking away the flexibility and their choice of reading device and format, the very things that made the ebook so desirable a format to begin with.
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http://www.tor.com/2013/04/29/tor-bo...ne-year-later/
If the KFX is encrypted then there is no way to change the format to read it on a non-Kindle device. It is clear that when Tor say DRM-free they take that to mean unencrypted too.
(Personally the most important reason for buying DRM-free or removing DRM from ebooks is to be able to edit them to correct the publisher's mistakes, but I guess it is understandable that a publisher is not going to promote that as a reason.)