Hi Andy - in fact we're very lucky that Mark from the OSC has kindly agreed to come in an be interviewed for the next backstage podcast - we're aiming to get it done this week and will be asking others to join in - mainly some of the guys who actually built iPlayer...
It's not minutes from the meeting (if anyone actually took any) but it'll be a very frank discussion between 'them' and 'us'. m On 6/11/07 19:09, "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/11/2007, Nick Reynolds-A&Mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Was in a meeting with the OSC > > Was that just for show or does the BBC intend to actually pay attention? > I think they disagreed with pretty much everything Mr Highfiled has > said (see: http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/content/view/78/55/ ). > > Are the minutes of these meetings available? Is an FOI request needed? > > Maybe you could start by releasing the spec's for the protocols you > posses, and developer documents? > Releasing your comms protocols (details of how meta data is held, what > requests go between client and BBC server) etc. As a show of good > faith perhaps. > > It shouldn't harm security in the least bit either. provided you > didn't do something daft like accidentally add the SSH root password > in a source code comment ;) > > All we ask is that you use open standards. > > If you want to constantly whine that your rights holders forced you to > use closed protocols then: > 1. Show us the agreement with them > 2. It does not explain why you haven't released the non-DRM part of > the system specs. > > Also could you look at some of the files on your servers, it appears > you have a DRM standard already. Why does the BBC pay people to do > what the BBC claim is impossible? > > Also how much does the BBC pay to be a member of: > TV-Anytime > W3C > ETSI > > (just wondering what the BBC is paying to develop standards it is ignoring). > > Andy _______________________ Matthew Cashmore Development Producer BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation BC5C3, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP T: 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) M: 07711 913241 (072 83959) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
