- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:21:55 -0400
- To: Emmanuel Revah <stsil@manurevah.com>
- CC: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On 6/5/2013 8:40 AM, Emmanuel Revah wrote: > On 2013/06/05 12:17, Jeff Jaffe wrote: >> On 6/5/2013 5:57 AM, Emmanuel Revah wrote: >>> >>> I have a few questions and thoughts, they may appear naive, >>> simplistic or may contain comprehension errors, let me know if I >>> misunderstood. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> On W3C » Standards » Browsers and Authoring Tools - >>> http://www.w3.org/standards/agents/Overview.html >>> >>> "We should be able to publish regardless of the software we use, >> >> I don't think that EME restricts people from publishing on the Web >> regardless of the software they use. If they use FOSS software they >> can publish without DRM and nothing in EME prevents them from doing >> so. >> >>> the computer we have, the language we speak, whether we are wired or >>> wireless, regardless of our sensory or interaction modes. We should >>> be able to access the web from any kind of hardware that can connect >>> to the Internet – stationary or mobile, small or large. W3C >>> facilitates this listening and blending via international web >>> standards. These standards ensure that all the crazy brilliance >>> continues to improve a web that is open to us all." >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> The W3 should promote specs/standards/technologies that can be used >>> regardless of the user's choice of software (for reading or >>> writing). Free/Open or proprietary, the choice the user will make >>> should not be dictated by the standards. >> >> I'm not sure where W3C makes any statement of this form. As I've said >> elsewhere in this discussion, it might be a good idea to add that >> policy, but I'm not aware that this is the policy today. > > > On W3C.org » Standards » Browsers and Authoring Tools -> link: > http://www.w3.org/standards/agents/Overview.html > "We should be able to publish regardless of the software we use [...] > We should be able to access the web from any kind of hardware that can > connect to the Internet" > > I don't know if this is a policy but it is on the W3's website. I agree it is not policy. But it is also the case that EME does not stop publishers from publishing to the Web regardless of the software they use. And EME does not stop access to the web from any kind of hardware that can connect to the Internet. > > >
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