[governance] Re: FORMAL CONSENSUS CALL Re: Revised Draft IGC Statement #DRM in HTML5

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Great stuff! Fingers crossed this will help ensure DRM never sees the light
of day.

-C


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> [with IGC coordinator hat on]
>
> As there have been no objections, the draft statement has been
> approved by consensus.
>
> Thank you to everyone who contributed to this process!
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
> > [with IGC coordinator hat on]
> >
> > FORMAL CONSENSUS CALL
> >
> > We have had quite a few expressions of support for the text below
> > already, and no objections so far.
> >
> > Please review the proposed statement text as posted by Deirdre and
> > included for reference below.
> >
> > If you agree with the proposed statement or are indifferent about it,
> > there is no need to take action about it at the current stage.
> >
> > If however you disagree with IGC adopting and publishing this
> > statement, it is now the final opportunity to object if you wish to
> > do so.
> >
> > ** Any objections should be posted by Wednesday June 12, 9am UTC. **
> >
> > If no objections are received by that time, the proposed statement
> > will be deemed to have been adopted by consensus.
> >
> > NOTE on potential further steps in the decision-making process: If
> > there are any objections, we will make a serious attempt to modify the
> > statement in a way that would make it acceptable to all Caucus
> > members. If that process of trying to reach full consensus fails, we
> > will proceed to the rough consensus process which involves determining
> > whether there is an overwhelming majority in support of the proposed
> > statement. As Sala has already mentioned, we would use an online poll
> > as our method of choice for determining whether there is an
> > overwhelming majority in support.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
> > > On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 05:38:49PM -0400, Deirdre Williams
> > > (williams.deirdre at gmail.com) wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is the text we are suggesting.
> > > >
> > > > The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) endorses and
> > > > supports the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier
> > > > Foundation (EFF)
> > > > <https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg>
> > > >
> > > > We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM)
> > > > in HTML5 has the potential to stifle innovation and seriously
> > > > compromise the rights of end users; for these reasons
> > > > particularly, we object to the inclusion of
> > > > DRM in HTML5.
> > > >
> > > > We fully endorse the arguments raised by the EFF in their
> > > > statement "EFF's Formal Objection to the HTML WG Draft Charter"
> > > > <https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg>
> >
> >
>
>
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