From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 4 05:52:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63AB1065672 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:52:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-22.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-22.bluehost.com [69.89.21.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79BDC8FC0C for ; Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 19373 invoked by uid 0); 4 Oct 2009 05:52:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Oct 2009 05:52:39 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=V1PxRAAy1DbbkHSGRsVkRdFIrcnMDW051k+fI9UcVWxNtj/3s0U28mTaKeO3n5bFEP9Y/gNjF5tQlgZsaSWFw2dupIbjIXNSJ0HlOe028z25Tn6TWVVUUzaDZbE5e1kN; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MuK1O-0001Mt-TS for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:52:39 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:45:18 -0600 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:45:18 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091004054518.GD37100@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20091003120028.B0CEA10656A7@hub.freebsd.org> <346226.13848.qm@web65503.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sgneBHv3152wZ8jf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <346226.13848.qm@web65503.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:52:39 -0000 --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 08:01:07AM -0700, James Phillips wrote: >=20 > I have this fantasy that if I design and build a better streaming video > format, "They" (broadcasters) will use it, if properly marketed. It may be a fantasy, but as fantasies go, it's not a bad one. >=20 > This would be despite the lack of "strong" DRM or license terms (GPL v3 > is OK, right?). No, it isn't okay, really. > 4. Publishers are authenticated with a Public-key infrastructure That caught my attention. I don't think we necessarily need a mainstream style implementation of PKI, though. I'd say either go with simple public key digital signatures in the style of OpenPGP or take cues from the Perspectives plugin for Firefox and do distributed "web of trust" style verification. Certifying Authorities are basically just a social engineering trick; now, instead of trusting one party, you have to trust two. >=20 > 2. For interoperability, I need to stabilize key points of the spec > before publication. Currently struggling with date stamps (taking into > account leap seconds) (mostly resolved), and a transform to allow the > publisher to be authenticated even if some data is missing. There are copyfree licensed implementations of date management that take leap seconds into account out there already. Is there some reason you can't borrow liberally from them? > 4. A dual-license may quickly result in a fork that implements > "features" I really don't want to see. (Read: anything deliberately > incompatible.) That's just another reason to go with a copyfree license instead of the GPL. > > 5. I seem to be pre-occupied with the video compression, ignoring > sound. >=20 > PS: was this too off-topic? Maybe? I don't know. It's an interesting topic. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrINm4ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWKsgCgytD504pxt8K/CizTSPVoTIgV 58kAoIe9apLFr8GsJDpShhCOv1JsfkfW =gUiZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf--