On: Reconciling Mozilla’s Mission and the W3C EME

[lucb1e]

Why not make is a configuration option whether to enable the DRM in Firefox? People who only want to see non-DRM content (much like people running GNU/Linux with "libre" software only) can simply disable the DRM, and the users that are not actually tech savvy won't have to resort to, say, shudders MSIE.

[kwierso → lucb1e]

Isn't that what the following portion of the blog post is all about?

"As plugins today, the CDM itself will be distributed by Adobe and will not be included in Firefox. The browser will download the CDM from Adobe and activate it based on user consent."

[quadrangle → lucb1e]

I think that's what they are doing by requiring consent to add the sandboxed support for Adobe's DRM crap.

[chimeracoder → lucb1e]

I'm wondering this as well - why can it not be implemented (from the browser perspective) as a plugin that is downloaded upon first use?

Isn't this what Iceweasel on Debian will have to do anyway, since Debian cannot ship non-free software in their main repositories?

[mbrubeck → chimeracoder]

Yes, it will be a plugin that is downloaded on first use. That's exactly what the blog post describes.