- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:39:34 -0800
- To: Brady Duga <duga@ljug.com>
- Cc: Brady Duga <duga@ljug.com>, www-style@w3.org
At 11:23 -0800 10/11/08, Brady Duga wrote: >On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Dave Singer wrote: >>> >>>So, only files served using a scheme that requires network access >>>would require this? What about other forms of >>>encryption/obfuscation? Would those be illegal? >> >>Specs only tell you what you are required to do; you can always do >>other things if you want to. > >Sorry - "illegal" was a poor choice of words. I mean, say I have >some other spec that uses CSS 3 to style XML documents. However, in >that spec I require all fonts to be raw OTF encrypted using >"Brady-13" hyper-strong encryption. Would those documents no longer >be valid CSS 3 documents, since they are not using the CSS approved >encryption/obfuscation mechanism? > >--Brady well, you wouldn't be assured of interop. hm. maybe the spec. shouldn't describe source behavior at all....bears thinking about. this is still just a thought-experiment at this point, of course. -- David Singer Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.
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