From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 00:15:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7839B56A for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39FF12949 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-108-40.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.108.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DB223CCE1; Thu, 15 May 2014 02:15:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s4F0FkMl002935; Thu, 15 May 2014 02:15:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 02:15:46 +0200 From: Polytropon To: andrew clarke Subject: Re: Firefox will adapt closed source DRM Message-Id: <20140515021546.01e53484.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140515000839.GA43930@ozzmosis.com> References: <20140515000839.GA43930@ozzmosis.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Antonio Olivares X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 00:15:51 -0000 On Thu, 15 May 2014 10:08:39 +1000, andrew clarke wrote: > On Wed 2014-05-14 14:44:48 UTC-0400, Antonio Olivares (olivares14031@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Firefox will adapt DRM stuff into it. Can it be turned off, i.e, when > > compiling it? > > or do we simply move on to another browser? > > > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-closed-source-drm-video-browser-cory-doctorow > > "Each person will be able to decide whether to activate the DRM > implementation or to leave it off and not watch DRM-controlled content." This choice has been present for years, in combination with "Flash" as well as with any other components of the "web conglomerate" that you could switch off (like JavaScript or Java). Furthermore: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/mozilla-and-drm The initiative _for_ DRM is not within Mozilla, it's within the content industry. Only there a change could be made, but that would be against their profit intentions, so... > "We plan on deploying it in the Firefox desktop browser for Windows, > Mac and Linux operating systems." > > https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ > > ie. no FreeBSD support. Well, I did already expect something like that. :-) With "big" desktop environments becoming Linux-only, why not accept that choice regarding Firefox, too? This is a chance for alternative browsers to provide the functionality that the "mainstream products" cannot achieve anymore. Isn't that the attitude that lead toward so many great free and open software that surpasses proprietary, commercial and expensive products in almost every aspect? > There's a slim chance it'll work under FreeBSD's Linux emulation, I suppose. Like in ye olden times when we did use the Linux version of Opera. :-) > I imagine the DRM system will be broken (cracked) fairly quickly. > > http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Of course. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...