-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Free Software Foundation statement may clear some confusion expressed on this list.
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mozilla-and-adobe-to-support-digital-restrictions-management > > [...] "Only a week after the International Day Against DRM, Mozilla > has announced that it will partner with proprietary software > company Adobe to implement support for Web-based Digital > Restrictions Management (DRM) in its Firefox browser, using > Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). > > The Free Software Foundation is deeply disappointed in Mozilla's > announcement. The decision compromises important principles in > order to alleviate misguided fears about loss of browser > marketshare. It allies Mozilla with a company hostile to the free > software movement and to Mozilla's own fundamental ideals. > > Although Mozilla will not directly ship Adobe's proprietary DRM > plugin, it will, as an official feature, encourage Firefox users > to install the plugin from Adobe when presented with media that > requests DRM. We agree with Cory Doctorow that there is no > meaningful distinction between 'installing DRM' and 'installing > code that installs DRM.' [...] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTdSb9AAoJECe2FpioHXO6KfEH/1PvYl/dvu4mbWbBXJQn19qW u/9Eao+ffnWfEOR5okvwVy0zAbWr28imOVJS3SVX23D527shfPjke7sY8jagozor tH4me+yij9vir1yN5s0jcRMRXpPhyYVpu39NGYPhDE8i8IhET9XHEKQOcH5ggIDb lnMd/emZS5dLNJ3/6rpviDY6i7MX+Ebto3mAVEG8/KGMjKe+G+rN5xMq6TyY4ule +BwpDMIUewmQC0nQs0SmB14/B8dj+DF8CNpnj+oB1rTSg459MwAKVt6+o1I/DEif +CtpoJtqMJfKa2Ux14gtISDQq0YUulRu8qyM3n6W3DLc/JMnh5o2QyiqjGA6+Ww= =X7L4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5375270d.2050...@rcn.com
