[governance] [URGENT Call for Comments] To publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) heartbeat Working Draft

Tue Feb 4 14:15:38 EST 2014

Dear All,

The IGC had on previous occasion supported EFF's objection.

See: *http://igcaucus.org/upload/IGC_Press_Release_on_Support_for_EFF_Objection_against_DRM_in_HTML5.pdf
<http://igcaucus.org/upload/IGC_Press_Release_on_Support_for_EFF_Objection_against_DRM_in_HTML5.pdf>*

Does the IGC have a view on the Working Draft in Paul Cotton's email below.

Andreas K had formally objected and the minority view is recorded by the
Chairs of the WG in [1] and [2].The reasons that were provided in the
following objections was not resolved.  Microsoft and Cable Labs expressly
support the working draft.

 The Chair has advised that the objection will be dealt with by the W3C
Director at a future transition point for EME. he further advised that
objections are NOT dealt with and do not block the publication of
heartbeats Working Drafts.

[1]
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#WGArchiveMinorityViews
[2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/formal-objection-status.html
Kind Regards,
Sala

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton at microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:44 AM
Subject: CfC: to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) heartbeat Working
Draft
To: "public-html-admin at w3.org" <public-html-admin at w3.org>

 This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish the following heartbeat [1]
Working Draft of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME):

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media-wd.html

Silence will be taken to mean there is no objection, but positive responses
are encouraged.  If there are no objections by Tuesday February 11, this
resolution will carry.

/paulc

HTML WG co-chair

[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/groups.html#three-month-rule

Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada

17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3

Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329
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