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jhowell · 11-17-2021, 08:55 PM

It appears that Apprentice Harper has some competition.

Someone using the name noDRM has released a new version (10.0.0) of the DeDRM tools that incorporates various fixes including changes that various people have contributed to the DeDRM project since the last release (7.2.1) in April. See https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand the DeDRM torch was passed from Apprentice Alf to Apprentice Harper who has been a good steward of the software. On the other handle Apprentice Harper has been mostly absent in the last few years resulting in contributions of changes to the tools being ignored for long periods. If noDRM is going to be more active that would be a good thing. A negative is that creates a third place, besides Apprentice Alf's blog and Apprentice Harper's Github, where issues will be raised and support needed.

I am curious to hear what others think about this.

11-17-2021, 08:55 PM	#1293
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,121 Karma: 92500001 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	It appears that Apprentice Harper has some competition. Someone using the name noDRM has released a new version (10.0.0) of the DeDRM tools that incorporates various fixes including changes that various people have contributed to the DeDRM project since the last release (7.2.1) in April. See https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand the DeDRM torch was passed from Apprentice Alf to Apprentice Harper who has been a good steward of the software. On the other handle Apprentice Harper has been mostly absent in the last few years resulting in contributions of changes to the tools being ignored for long periods. If noDRM is going to be more active that would be a good thing. A negative is that creates a third place, besides Apprentice Alf's blog and Apprentice Harper's Github, where issues will be raised and support needed. I am curious to hear what others think about this.