Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?
On 16/05/14 04:35, Eelis wrote:
> On 2014-05-15 20:27, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> Mozilla will be shipping an Open Source sandbox for the plugin.
>
> Ah yes, that's also an interesting point, because one of the blog posts
> says:
>
> “Adobe and the content industry can audit our sandbox (as it is open
> source) to assure themselves that we respect the restrictions they are
> imposing on us and users”
>
> Would it not be possible for me (or anyone else) to create a branch of
> Firefox where these restrictions are removed?
No.
Because there are no restrictions.
It's a sandbox. It's an Open Source sandbox. You are free to modify the
code for it - but good luck getting the Adobe plugin to install. You can
even write and compile your own sandbox.
You really didn't read that article did you? (sigh, you didn't even read
the part you just quoted)
> And if so,
I'm glad you allowed for the "if" :)
Now I don't have a need to respond to the rest of your speculation.
Regards
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