Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?
On 16/05/14 04:51, Eelis wrote:
> On 2014-05-15 20:48, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> No restrictions?
That's correct.
It's a sandbox. The sandbox restricts the close plugin.
*You* are only restricted in how you can *playback* media encrypted by
the plugin. *If* you choose to install it (and why would you?).
> I'm talking about "limiting the output to streaming and
> preventing users from saving the content", part of the same sentence I
> quoted.
>
See the bit that you quoted that says "open source"?? (sigh)
I think you've trolled long enough now. Bye.
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