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Bug 20978 - Just an API for encouraging the use of proprietary plugins
Summary: Just an API for encouraging the use of proprietary plugins
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Encrypted Media Extensions (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 blocker
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adrian Bateman [MSFT]
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2013-02-12 15:29 UTC by Andreas Kuckartz
Modified: 2013-02-26 17:07 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Kuckartz 2013-02-12 15:29:59 UTC 
This is just an API for encouraging the use
of proprietary plugins ("CDMs").

(Using a formulation by Ian Hixie)
Comment 1 Fred Andrews 2013-02-12 23:21:50 UTC 
This seems to be related to Bug 20963 (EME is technically incomplete).  Specifying the CDM would likely allow the API to be removed or reworked so as not to encourage the use of proprietary plugins.
Comment 2 Adrian Bateman [MSFT] 2013-02-26 17:07:22 UTC 
Discussed on the telcon:
http://www.w3.org/2013/02/26-html-media-minutes.html

CDMs by design are out of scope for this document. If someone wants to design a different solution to protected content that doesn't push CDMs out of scope they are welcome to. The EME spec is not designed to prevent "plug-in CDMs" but will likely constrain there scope more than generic plug-ins.