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Matchstick isn't a Mozilla project, is it? It happens to be built on Firefox OS code, but anyone can use that code, and Matchstick is made by a third party. Moz

by azakai 12y ago

Matchstick isn't a Mozilla project, is it? It happens to be built on Firefox OS code, but anyone can use that code, and Matchstick is made by a third party. Mozilla can't prevent someone from building a Firefox OS product and adding Microsoft DRM to it. So I think the "they" in your statement there might be confusing, as it seems to imply Mozilla is doing something here. (btw, I hadn't heard about this latest development with matchstick regarding Microsoft DRM, link?)

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os/posts/1128155 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t... Update 16. It went out on Friday.
- azakai 12y ago
  Thanks for the link. This is kind of surprising to me, that Microsoft would license PlayReady for a non-Microsoft platform, in this case Matchstick. I wonder if their policy was always that way, but it just didn't happen, or if it changed?
  - cpeterso 12y ago
    Microsoft wants its DRM to be supported on all platforms, otherwise it would irrelevant on mobile. PlayReady is available on Android, iOS, smart TVs, and set-top boxes (which most likely run Linux instead of Windows CE these days :) http://www.microsoft.com/playready/features/ http://www.microsoft.com/playready/features/
Manishearth 12y ago
Firefox OS itself needs a lot of proprietary stuff (Drivers, etc), however. But meh, drivers.
cpeterso 12y ago
Matchstick is not a Mozilla project. The Matchstick company has been (deliberately?) fast and loose with its marketing around Mozilla's and content providers' brand names. http://www.matchstick.tv/about/ http://www.matchstick.tv/about/
- Caspy7 12y ago
  I've been rather irritated with the amount of sites reporting Matchstick as a Mozilla project, and again just recently. They did work with Mozilla early on to get casting running in Firefox Android to their prototype and it does have the "certified by Mozilla" label. Hopefully their efforts on MSE and EME will help expedite development in Firefox so that Youtube doesn't suck as much.

by azakai 12y ago

passwordreset 12y ago

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os/posts/1128155 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t... Update 16. It went out on Friday.

azakai 12y ago
Thanks for the link. This is kind of surprising to me, that Microsoft would license PlayReady for a non-Microsoft platform, in this case Matchstick. I wonder if their policy was always that way, but it just didn't happen, or if it changed?
- cpeterso 12y ago
  Microsoft wants its DRM to be supported on all platforms, otherwise it would irrelevant on mobile. PlayReady is available on Android, iOS, smart TVs, and set-top boxes (which most likely run Linux instead of Windows CE these days :) http://www.microsoft.com/playready/features/ http://www.microsoft.com/playready/features/

Manishearth 12y ago

Firefox OS itself needs a lot of proprietary stuff (Drivers, etc), however. But meh, drivers.

cpeterso 12y ago

Matchstick is not a Mozilla project. The Matchstick company has been (deliberately?) fast and loose with its marketing around Mozilla's and content providers' brand names. http://www.matchstick.tv/about/ http://www.matchstick.tv/about/

Caspy7 12y ago
I've been rather irritated with the amount of sites reporting Matchstick as a Mozilla project, and again just recently. They did work with Mozilla early on to get casting running in Firefox Android to their prototype and it does have the "certified by Mozilla" label. Hopefully their efforts on MSE and EME will help expedite development in Firefox so that Youtube doesn't suck as much.