Re: Oppose DRM ! Re: CfC: to publish Encrypted Media Extensions specification as a First Public Working Draft (FPWD) from Andreas Kuckartz on 2013-01-22 (public-html-admin@w3.org from January 2013)

From: Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>
Date: 22 Jan 2013 22:33:46 +0100
To: "Kotay, Sree" <Sree_Kotay@cable.comcast.com>
Cc: "ifette@google.com" <ifette@google.com>, "public-html-admin@w3.org" <public-html-admin@w3.org>
Message-ID: <50FF05BA.6010802@ping.de>

Kotay, Sree:
> Arguing DRM is against the spirit of the Open Web is a little like
> arguing authentication and security are against the spirit of the
> Open Web.

There is a significant difference.

Authentication and security are compatible with Open Source.

DRM and Open Source are incompatible.

Cheers,
Andreas

Received on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:55:13 UTC