On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Harry Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is a way of getting multiple incompatible DRM implementations hooked >> into what is meant to be a free and open standard. >> >> I'd rather it was cooked up well away from the open web. That would be good. > > So, you'd rather have Google and Microsoft cook this up and then just put it > in your browser without any oversight? Then, de facto, its part of the Web > and helps the close the Web down. > > Possibly not a good idea.
Already done. And they can continue to do that. Hooked into what is meant to be a free and open standard just gives them political cover and maybe lowers their implementation costs. Why in the world would it be a good idea to facilitate either? > In the W3C, people can at least object and there's a well-understood process. > And I would object as a person, as I imagine many others would. Well, object then. ;-) Mike _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
