Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-20 07:27, Merciadri Luca wrote: > [snip] > > Haven't Academicians had this problem for centuries? How have the > rest of them solved it in the past 30 years? Sure. I don't know precisely. > > In addition to a watermark, in both the header and footer I'd write > something like: > Original research of Merciadri Luca, University of Blah, 15-Apr-2010 One can still chop off header and footers. That is fairly easy. > > If I were paranoid, I'd then print multiple copies and file them with > your adviser, the Office of Academic Responsibility, get it > stamped/dated by a Notary Public[0], etc, etc. > > [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary_public > Nice idea. I will think about these solutions for the next time, if any.
To come back to the main topic, I am * happy to see that Debian's tools (like any other free tools) let the user choose (or at least oblige him to follow the `free' path) about what he can do with a protected document; * (still, but about something else now) questioning: are there any (free, naturally) packages/programs which can take watermarks out of documents, and which can deliberately (i.e. it is one of their main features) unprotect a PDF document? I ask this because this would follow the `Free' philosophy, but by litteraly encasing one's liberty. I don't even want names, I just want to know if it exists in Debian's repos. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. First deserve, then desire.
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