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Dislike the DRM in HTML5 attempt instead. What chance does Mozilla have to implement DRM? None. DRM can't be implemented in free software. They could add su
by fafner 13y ago
Dislike the DRM in HTML5 attempt instead. What chance does Mozilla have to implement DRM? None. DRM can't be implemented in free software. They could add support for closed source proprietary blobs. But the W3C proposal does not specify how to do that. Meaning Google will do it through PPAPI and just ship Chrome with the modules included. IE will simply include PlayReady and Safari will include the Apple DRM.
Leaving Firefox stranded. If Firefox bends over and adds support for PlayReady and the other crap then this will effectively mean that Firefox will depend on proprietary binary blobs to do the video rendering. In other words it will be exactly like Flash but unlike Flash it won't work on Linux at all.
We have to oppose DRM in HTML5 and we shouldn't give up on the open web. It is sad that Tim Berners-Lee has given up on it and is destroying this own legacy. But we should fight it!
- asadotzler 13y agoSo you prefer Flash+DRM to just DRM because Flash sort of works on Linux and your imagine that DRM wouldn't?
- fafner 13y agoNo, I prefer to keep DRM out of HTML5 and not make the open web rely on proprietary binary blobs making it effectively impossible to fully support by free software. My point is that adding DRM to Flash won't make DRM content (e.g., Netflix) available on Linux and in fact will make it harder for Linux to access web content. So you have completely misunderstood me.