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vetinari on May 30, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5

The CDMs are not OS independent.

This proposal only defines how the browser communicates with the module. It does not define, how the module communicates with OS and hardware. These modules will use OS facilities like Vista's protected path. If your OS does not support it (and free software OS like Linux cannot support it by definition), good luck getting it. And even if it supported anti-features like that, the owner may not bother with porting ("not enough market share for you").

jiggy2011 on May 30, 2013 | [–]

True, but that's basically the same situation that you have right now.

vetinari on May 30, 2013 | | [–]

Not really. The situation now is labeled "proprietary", the situation then will be "we just use standards". It shifts the framing.

jiggy2011 on May 30, 2013 | | | [–]

Why would that be a problem?

div on May 30, 2013 | | | [–]

Because then the standards would no longer be open.

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