[wplug] FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support DRM

[Zachary Uram]

Shame on Mozilla! I rebuke them in Jesus' Mighty Name!


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> In case you haven't heard, Mozilla has agreed to implement Adobe's
> browser-based digital restrictions management (DRM) in Firefox. When
> Firefox users encounter DRM-restricted content, Firefox will now offer to
> install Adobe's DRM, making the process quick and easy.
>
> The Mozilla Foundation's mission is to support an open Internet. This
> does the exact opposite; it puts Mozilla in the company of organizations
> like Google that are only committed to FOSS when it's convenient for
> them. Just because Mozilla has been a good steward of free software in
> the past doesn't excuse this poor decision, so I hope you'll join me in
> voicing your concerns.
>
> For a complete account of the situation and links to how you can make
> yourself heard, check out the Free Software Foundation's recent press
> release[1].
>
> If we don't speak up, Mozilla might start behaving like a typical
> politician:
> "I sold out so that I can continue to represent your interests." That
> leaves
> us with two choices: organizations that embrace DRM (Apple &
> Microsoft) or organizations that "reluctantly" support DRM (Mozilla). No
> matter which one we pick, we lose in the end. That's not an outcome I'm
> happy with.
>
> --
> *Justin Smith*
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
> /"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees.
> That'll do them in!"/
> /-Author Unknown/
>
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