There was supposed to be a a discussion about whether the charter 1) excluded EME, 2) included EME, or 3) included EME with protection for security researchers. I didn't see much discussion, then the charter was simply changed to option 2. https://github.com/w3c/charter-media-wg/issues/2
I think we should object to that and forcefully argue for a revised charter that goes with option 3. I don't see a point in option 1 since EME will still exist, and new features will happen one way or another (without a standard we could be left reverse-engineering a dominant implementation). -Dan Veditz On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 12:55 PM Joseph Lorenzo Hall <j...@cdt.org> wrote: > (Mozilla fan boy here, not an employee) > > Just to chime in that a number of us involved in the last great W3C EME/DRM > fight are going to chime in that we'd like to see protections for security > researchers that do privacy and security work on browsers, specs, etc. The > idea that didn't go very far last time was a "litigation non-aggression > covenant" that would forbid any W3C member contributing to the spec to > threaten or file suit against security researchers working in this area. As > you can see, last time this didn't end well and resulted in the EFF exiting > W3C (IIRC): > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-media/2017Jun/0015.html > It > seems important to have these conversations, but I must admit the apetite > to actually hammer out such a thing will not be big (imagine trying to > revise or propose a patent agreement, no one likes that). best, Joe > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 4:22 PM L. David Baron <dba...@dbaron.org> wrote: > > > The W3C is proposing a new charter for: > > > > Media Working Group > > https://www.w3.org/2019/04/media-charter-draft.html > > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-new-work/2019Apr/0003.html > > > > Mozilla has the opportunity to send comments or objections through > > Friday, May 3. > > > > Please reply to this thread if you think there's something we should > > say as part of this charter review, or if you think we should > > support or oppose it. > > > > Given that we implement a number of the specifications the group > > will maintain, and are likely to implement others, we should almost > > certainly express *some* opinion on this charter, even it is just > > support. > > > > -David > > > > -- > > 𝄞 L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ 𝄂 > > 𝄢 Mozilla https://www.mozilla.org/ 𝄂 > > Before I built a wall I'd ask to know > > What I was walling in or walling out, > > And to whom I was like to give offense. > > - Robert Frost, Mending Wall (1914) > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-platform mailing list > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > > > > > -- > Joseph Lorenzo Hall > Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology [https://www.cdt.org > ] > 1401 K ST NW STE 200, Washington DC 20005-3497 > e: j...@cdt.org, p: 202.407.8825, pgp: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key > Fingerprint: 3CA2 8D7B 9F6D DBD3 4B10 1607 5F86 6987 40A9 A871 > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
