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Is the Chrome web browser buildable from sources? If yes, what's the difference which allows Chrome to work with DRM and doesn't allow another code to do that?

• deckar01 8y ago
  Building Chrome requires downloading proprietary binaries that they licensed. Chromium does not include these and does not include widevine by default, but it can be installed as a plugin. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/chromium#Widevine_Content_Decryption_Module_plugin https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/chromium#Widevine_Conte...
  • avmich 8y ago
    Can't those proprietary binaries be used in another browser? Is the API known?
    • deckar01 8y ago
      > licensed The author can't get a license.
    • int_19h 8y ago
      It requires a license to actually use. And it looks like they verify your binary's signature in the licensed version.
      • avmich 8y ago
        I'm not sure I understand. Can't you have Chromium browser work with that software? And modified Chromium browser, e.g. Firefox? I don't remember I accept licenses at least as a user.
        • darkpuma 8y ago
          > "And modified Chromium browser, e.g. Firefox?" (Firefox is not a chromium derivative.)
          • avmich 8y ago
            Any browser could be made from Chromium by sufficient modification. I mean, if something open source works, anything else open source can also be made to work. Even if something that works includes binary blobs, you can still modify open source parts while keeping that blob and keeping the system working. So I'm not sure what is the original problem.
• jakub_g 8y ago
  Chromium browser is open source. Chrome browser (which is based on Chromium, plus various Google proprietary features on top of it) is not.
  • avmich 8y ago
    And Chromium can't play videos?
    • kowdermeister 8y ago
      Not ones with DRM which is the point of the entire discussion.