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Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?



On 2014-05-15 21:36, Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 16/05/14 05:20, Eelis wrote:
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?).

The article talks about "preventing users from saving the content".
That's content that the closed-source CDM plugin decrypted and passed
on to Firefox, isn't it?

Yes.
(sigh, it's 5:30am here, I'm tired)
Perhaps the article and I haven't been clear - the sandbox is the big
change. In itself all it does is restrict the plugin (protect *your*
privacy from the closed source plugin).

If the restrictions in the sandbox are for restricting the plugin, then why would Adobe need to audit the sandbox source code to make sure restrictions imposed on users are respected?


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