On 10/28/07, Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mathias Bauer wrote: > > Alan Boba wrote: > > > > > >> On 10/24/07, Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> You can't enforce "read only" behavior in an open file format. If > >>> somebody wanted to change your file he just can do it on the level of > >>> the xml streams inside the package. So such a feature is pointless. > >>> > > >>> And if the file format is open, everybody can > >>> change the file and so circumvent its logical "read-only" state. > >>> > >>> > You are not actually saying then that the whole idea of Document Rights > Management is impossible to implement in a Open Document Format, are you?
Nope, Mathias is saying read only can't be enforced with or without a password in an open document format. The document content can always be changed by altering the file directly rather than using the UI, since the file's contents aren't in a proprietary binary format.
