Hi All, It is sad news for all freedom lovers.
Danial José On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:30 PM, G.T.RAO <[email protected]> wrote: > DRM, along with the automatic downloading of proprietary software! I never > thought this would happen in Firefox. > > I hope it's easy to remove it for Abrowser. > > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Thomas Vazhappilly > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Shame! Shame! Mozilla! >> We never expected such a shameful compromising notion from you. >> >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Sameer Thahir >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Free Software Foundation <[email protected]> >>> Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:31 PM >>> Subject: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support >>> Digital Restrictions Management >>> To: Sameer Mohamed Thahir <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> *You can read this post online at https://u.fsf.org/xk >>> <https://u.fsf.org/xk>.* >>> FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital >>> Restrictions Management >>> >>> BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 — In response to >>> Mozilla's announcement that it is reluctantly adopting DRM in its Firefox >>> Web browser, Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan made >>> the following statement: >>> >>> "Only a week after the International Day Against >>> DRM<https://defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/>, >>> Mozilla has announced that it will partner with proprietary software >>> company Adobe to implement support for Web-based Digital Restrictions >>> Management<https://defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_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.' >>> >>> We recognize that Mozilla is doing this reluctantly, and we trust these >>> words coming from Mozilla much more than we do when they come from >>> Microsoft or Amazon. At the same time, nearly everyone who implements DRM >>> says they are forced to do it, and this lack of accountability is how the >>> practice sustains itself. Mozilla's announcement today unfortunately puts >>> it -- in this regard -- in the same category as its proprietary competitors. >>> >>> Unlike those proprietary competitors, Mozilla is going to great lengths >>> to reduce some of the specific harms of DRM by attempting to 'sandbox' the >>> plugin. But this approach cannot solve the fundamental ethical problems >>> with proprietary software, or the issues that inevitably arise when >>> proprietary software is >>> installed<https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary.html>on a user's >>> computer. >>> >>> In the >>> announcement<https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/>, >>> Mitchell Baker asserts that Mozilla's hands were tied. But she then goes on >>> to actively praise Adobe's "value" and suggests that there is some kind of >>> necessary balance between DRM and user freedom. >>> >>> There is nothing necessary about DRM, and to hear Mozilla praising Adobe >>> -- the company who has been and continues to be a vicious opponent of the >>> free software movement and the free Web -- is shocking. With this >>> partnership in place, we worry about Mozilla's ability and willingness to >>> criticize Adobe's practices going forward. >>> >>> We understand that Mozilla is afraid of losing users. Cory Doctorow points >>> out<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-closed-source-drm-video-browser-cory-doctorow>that >>> they have produced no evidence to substantiate this fear or made any >>> effort to study the situation. More importantly, popularity is not an end >>> in itself. This is especially true for the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit >>> with an ethical mission. In the past, Mozilla has distinguished itself and >>> achieved success by protecting the freedom of its users and explaining the >>> importance of that freedom: including publishing Firefox's source code, >>> allowing others to make modifications to it, and sticking to Web standards >>> in the face of attempts to impose proprietary extensions. >>> >>> Today's decision turns that calculus on its head, devoting Mozilla >>> resources to delivering users to Adobe and hostile media distributors. In >>> the process, Firefox is losing the identity which set it apart from its >>> proprietary competitors -- Internet Explorer and Chrome -- both of which >>> are implementing EME in an even worse fashion. >>> >>> Undoubtedly, some number of users just want restricted media like >>> Netflix to work in Firefox, and they will be upset if it doesn't. This is >>> unsurprising, since the majority of the world is not yet familiar with the >>> ethical issues surrounding proprietary software. This debate was, and is, a >>> high-profile opportunity to introduce these concepts to users and ask them >>> to stand together in some tough decisions. >>> >>> To see Mozilla compromise without making any public effort to rally >>> users against this supposed "forced choice" is doubly disappointing. They >>> should reverse this decision. But whether they do or do not, we call on >>> them to join us by devoting as many of their extensive resources to >>> permanently eliminating DRM as they are now devoting to supporting it. The >>> FSF will have more to say and do on this in the coming days. For now, users >>> who are concerned about this issue should: >>> >>> - >>> >>> *Write to Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal and let him know that you oppose >>> DRM <[email protected]>*. Mozilla made this decision in a misguided >>> appeal to its userbase; it needs to hear in clear and reasoned terms from >>> the users who feel this as a betrayal. Ask Mozilla what it is going to do >>> to actually solve the DRM problem that has created this false forced >>> choice. >>> - >>> >>> *Join our effort to stop EME approval >>> <https://defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5> at the W3C*. While >>> today's announcement makes it even more obvious that W3C rejection of EME >>> will not stop its implementation, it also makes it clear that W3C can >>> fearlessly reject EME to send a message that DRM is *not* a part of >>> the vision of a free Web. >>> - >>> >>> *Use a version of Firefox without the EME code*: Since its source >>> code is available under a license allowing anyone to modify and >>> redistribute it under a different name, we expect versions without EME to >>> be made available, and you should use those instead. We will list them in >>> the Free Software Directory <https://directory.fsf.org>. >>> - >>> >>> *Donate to support the work of the Free Software Foundation >>> <https://u.fsf.org/xi> and our Defective by Design <https://u.fsf.org/xh> >>> campaign to actually end DRM.* Until it's completely gone, Mozilla >>> and others will be constantly tempted to capitulate, and users will be >>> pressured to continue using some proprietary software. If not us, give to >>> another group fighting against digital restrictions." >>> >>> References >>> >>> - What is >>> DRM?<https://defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management> >>> - >>> >>> https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ >>> - >>> >>> https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/ >>> - https://defectivebydesign.org/dbd-condemns-drm-in-html >>> - https://fsf.org/news/coalition-against-drm-in-html >>> - https://defectivebydesign.org/oscar-awarded-w3c-in-the-hollyweb >>> >>> Media Contact >>> >>> John Sullivan >>> Executive Director >>> Free Software Foundation >>> +1 (617) 542 5942 >>> [email protected] >>> About the Free Software Foundation >>> >>> The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting >>> computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute >>> computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in >>> freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its >>> GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF >>> also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of >>> freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.organd >>> gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. >>> Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at >>> https://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. >>> -- >>> >>> Follow us on GNU social <https://status.fsf.org/fsf> | Subscribe to our >>> blogs via RSS <https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS> | Join us as an associate >>> member <https://www.fsf.org/jf> >>> >>> Sent from the Free Software Foundation, >>> 51 Franklin Street >>> Fifth Floor >>> Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 >>> United States >>> >>> Unsubscribe<https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=130074&qid=7819592&h=e57c7bd418c2a2f1>from >>> this mailing list. >>> >>> Stop all >>> email<https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=130074&qid=7819592&h=e57c7bd418c2a2f1>from >>> the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the >>> Free Software Supporter newsletter. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards >>> Sameer Mohamed Thahir >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >>> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >>> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >>> #[email protected] >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> THOMAS. >> *M.VAZHAPPILLY* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> #[email protected] >> > > > > > > Regards, > > G.T.RAO > > A free software fund-a-mentaL-isT. > http://fossyatra.wordpress.com > http://paper.li/GTRao/1342070958 > mobile:9953506651 > लिनक्स: नि:शुल्क और खुले स्रोत सॉफ्टवेयर आप के लिए और दुनिया के लिए अच्छा > है. ना कोई adware,ना कोई spyware, सिर्फ अच्छा सॉफ्टवेयर. > Linux(લિનક્ષ ): મુક્ત અને નિઃશુલ્ક(મફત) ઓપન સોર્સ સોફ્ટવેર તમારા માટે અને > વિશ્વ માટે સારું છે. ના કોઈ એડવેર , ના કોઈ સ્પાયવેર, માત્ર સારું સોફ્ટવેર. > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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