On Apr 11, 6:46 pm, Boris Zbarsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave wrote: > >> Of course it also puts its credibility at risk if it publishes a > >> Recommendation > >> for something that UAs cannot implement for legal reasons. > > > Do you think the EOT submission has legal problems? > > @font-face with a DRM-less format might. Things are murky.
Do you think implementing DRM is risky for free software? > > My understanding of CSS2 and MSIE is that everyone else did not > > reverse-engineer its quirks > > Your understanding is somewhat lacking. I appreciate your point about CSS2.1, but I meant CSS2.0 in terms of the last 10 years in the above. > If there were no attempt to be > compatible with IE in various aspects of layout, the specification would be a > little simpler and more logical in various areas. I'm sad to hear this has happened, but find it believable. > >> You mean browsers? They're not _that_ easily upgraded. See the IE6 usage > >> figures. And content is nearly impossibly to upgrade on any sort of large > >> scale. > > > I meant very generally that software is more upgradeable than > > hardware > > I agree, but hardware is _much_ more upgradeable than content ... > the danger with premature implementation of proposed standards is that > content comes to depend on them. And then the implementor can't change the UA > even if it wants to. This is an interesting point, and I think I agree generally. I wonder why Apple and Opera don't consider this too problematic though... > > I guess I'm saying "There's now three web browsers that do so, let's > > not get left behind"... > > Which is reasonable. Again, I'm not saying that @font-face isn't something > desirable. It is. Thanks for clarifying this :-) > I'm saying that unlike other parts of CSS, even once the > technical issues are resolved there is a nasty legal issue lurking that would > need to be at least carefully thought about. Probably in consultation with > some > competent lawyers and possible with the CSS Working Group. If you have contacts with either who could help, please do give them a heads up :-) Cheers, Dave _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
