On Oct 16, 2013, at 4:15 , Henri Sivonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:50 AM, David Singer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> on a practical level for implementers it achieves the exact same result as >>> patents without a license grant, >>> as such it does an end-run around standing W3C policy, i.e. it is a trojan >>> horse. >> >> No more than any other plug-in. > > Saying "other plug-in" implies that CDMs are like plug-ins. The ones > deployed so far are not. Both the PlayReady CDM on Windows 8.1 and the > Widevine CDM on Chrome OS are bundled with the operating system (and > work with a browser that is also bundled with the operating system). > > So far, we haven't seen a deployed CDM that is like a plug-in in terms > of the distribution model. True, but I would expect that if OMA PDCF ever got traction, or as the Ultraviolet ecosystem grows, we might see a change there. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
