From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 00:08:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE4DC2F9 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out8.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out8.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 657E228AA for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:08:55 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsYMAD8EdFN8lVUU/2dsb2JhbABZgwZPgm+nL4IHAQEBAQEBBpodAYEkFnSCJQEBBAE6PwULCw0UJQ8FDQsxE4gtAwkHDspvDYY6F4VUhmWCFQeDK4EVBJddAYFyhlNAhhiFaoNIKw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,1055,1389715200"; d="scan'208";a="819121706" Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.phoenix) ([124.149.85.20]) by icp-osb-irony-out8.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 15 May 2014 08:08:46 +0800 Received: by smtp.phoenix (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CF79F42E; Thu, 15 May 2014 10:08:39 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 10:08:39 +1000 From: andrew clarke To: Antonio Olivares Subject: Re: Firefox will adapt closed source DRM Message-ID: <20140515000839.GA43930@ozzmosis.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 00:08:56 -0000 On Wed 2014-05-14 14:44:48 UTC-0400, Antonio Olivares (olivares14031@gmail.com) wrote: > Firefox will adapt DRM stuff into it. Can it be turned off, i.e, when > compiling it? > or do we simply move on to another browser? > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-closed-source-drm-video-browser-cory-doctorow "Each person will be able to decide whether to activate the DRM implementation or to leave it off and not watch DRM-controlled content." "We plan on deploying it in the Firefox desktop browser for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems." https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ ie. no FreeBSD support. There's a slim chance it'll work under FreeBSD's Linux emulation, I suppose. I imagine the DRM system will be broken (cracked) fairly quickly. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Regards Andrew