Dear All,
The IGC had on previous occasion supported EFF's objection to Encrypted
Media Extensions. I had also sought calls for comments from the Pacific on
the matter. I had published a statement on the same last year in June,
see: http://www.pasifikanexus.nu/development/dev-advocacy/
I have also been monitoring the area to see if there is continued work on
the area.
The Chair, Paul Cotton (Microsoft) has called for comments on the Draft to
be published. Andreas K had formally objected and the minority view is
recorded by the Chairs of the WG in [1] and [2].The reasons that were
provided in the following objections was not resolved.
Microsoft and Cable Labs expressly support the working draft.
The Chair has advised that the objection will be dealt with by the W3C
Director at a future transition point for EME. The Chair further advised
that objections are NOT dealt with and do not block the publication of
heartbeats Working Drafts.
[1]
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#WGArchiveMinorityVi...
[2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/formal-objection-status.html
If there is interest in raising an objection from the Pacific, we can also
do so jointly but we have to do this really fast. Simply send an email to
sala@pasifikanexus.nu saying that you want to submit a joint formal
objection so we are on record rather than whinging later. The modus
operandi in the circle is silence is deemed as "acceptance" in the Working
Group that is developing this.
Kind Regards,
Sala
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Cotton Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com
Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:44 AM
Subject: CfC: to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) heartbeat Working
Draft
To: "public-html-admin@w3.org" public-html-admin@w3.org
This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish the following heartbeat [1]
Working Draft of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME):
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-med...
Silence will be taken to mean there is no objection, but positive responses
are encouraged. If there are no objections by Tuesday February 11, this
resolution will carry.
/paulc
HTML WG co-chair
[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/groups.html#three-month-rule
Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada
17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3
Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329
