>>>>> "MM" == Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: MM> Would someone who knows please enlighten me as to why it is one MM> could not modify an open-source program which can view PDF files MM> which are "encrypted" and which are marked as not printable to MM> ignore the "no print" specification? Of course you could. MM> Specifically, is the GNOME PDF viewer open source? Of course it is. MM> If so, then what prevents one from modifying it to ignore the "no MM> print" lock? Nothing. Feel free. - J<