Bill Dog's Journal: DRM in FF

So nerd Lefties are getting their panties in a bunch over Mozilla supporting DRM content.

This is because to them DRM is like so-called "closed source" software, and what Mozilla has done is gone with a permissive license model instead of the GPL.

That is, zero tolerance for that which is opposed, no matter how much that marginalizes your entrant in the market, and therefore also how much you're in a position of power to effect change, does not seem to be the path for the Firefox folks.

Maybe like MS's "embrace and extend", it's "accept until it can be changed". The question is, when is it smart to compromise principles and when isn't it. (Where by "compromising principles" I don't mean "selling out" or something unseemly like that, but just biding your time and/or choosing your battles wisely.) Especially when they're very strongly-held principles.

Will you question the timing?

[smittyoneeach]

Did they need to spike Eich to get this code in?

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[Bill Dog]

I dunno, but I wonder if OK Cupid will boycott FF again. The Left got rid of Brendan for being weak on the gay marriage issue, but they could've used his evidently strong opposition to private property rights.