This is the README file for DeCSS 0.05.

DeCSS is a utility for stripping Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) tags from an
HTML page. That's all it does. It has no relationship whatsoever to
encryption, copy protection, movies, software freedom, oppressive industry
cartels, Web site witch hunts, or any other bad things that could get you in
trouble.

INSTALLATION
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DeCSS requires perl 5 to be on your system. You can get all kinds of great
perl stuff at:

	http://www.perl.com/

Linux/Unix Installation
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Copy the DeCSS file included in this package to somewhere in your execution
path. chmod it so that it's executable. Then, type:

	DeCSS -h
	
for usage information.

Win32 Installation
------------------

Copy the DeCSS file included in this package to somewhere that you like to
keep Perl scripts. You can then run:

	perl full\path\to\DeCSS -h

for usage information.

DOCUMENTATION
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Like all good Perl software, this utility is self-documenting, using pod. To
view the documentation, run this command:

	perldoc DeCSS

You may need to do:

	perldoc /full/path/to/DeCSS
	
or:

	perldoc \full\path\to\DeCSS
	
...depending on which way you swing.

LICENSE
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This software is copyright 2000 by Mr. Bad of Pigdog Journal
(http://www.pigdog.org/). Yes, that is a pseudonym. Yes, that is legal.

It's released to you under the Artistic License (the same license as perl
uses), which is included with this package.

Please feel free to redistribute it as much as possible, preferably
on your Web site. Actually, feel MORALLY OBLIGED to redistribute it.