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

[Riaz K Tayob]

Norbert

Well done to you, Caroline, Gurstein, Diedre and I think one other that 
helped draft/edit the first run of the Statement...

The co-cos are doing a sterling job!

Thanks for respecting diversity, taking a lot of personal flak for it 
and putting up with all of us 'prima donna's' on this list :)

Riaz


On 2013/06/13 02:16 AM, Norbert Bollow 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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