[governance] Draft Statement #DRM HTML5/ was [Should the IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5

[Roland Perry]

In message 
<CAEP5zKTkAPoB5xUNQ=U1X03pt2c9UyWPFQqCOYfZ69xOHFVc9A at mail.gmail.com>, at 
08:48:16 on Mon, 3 Jun 2013, Chaitanya Dhareshwar 
<chaitanyabd at gmail.com> writes
>Much of the developing world relies on open source developers to 
>enable OR CREATE mechanisms that allow for an open environment of 
>sharing resources related to agricultural practices, education, health 
>and diverse content. In such regions, access to information is a 
>challenge and with serious resource constraints, but it is an open and 
>free internet (and the resultant ease of collaboration/sharing 
>information) that empowers communities

Why would DRM on a Disney Movie download stifle the ability for the Open 
Source movement to continue to develop and distribute its work freely?
-- 
Roland Perry

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