On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 9:38 AM Mihai Moldovan wrote: > I wonder why no one brought it up yet, but here we go: IMHO, downloading > pre-defined proprietary software should completely be disabled/removed in > Firefox and the proprietary Widevine module be properly packaged as a package > in non-free - with at most a Suggests dependency in the firefox(-esr) > package. The nag bar might tell people to install this additional package.
The Widevine license does not allow redistribution. https://sources.debian.org/src/firefox-esr/60.7.2esr-1/toolkit/content/gmp-sources/widevinecdm.json "Linux_x86_64-gcc3": { "fileUrl": "https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/widevine-cdm/4.10.1196.0-linux-x64.zip";, LICENSE.txt from the zip contains this: "Google Inc. and its affiliates ("Google") own all legal right, title and interest in and to the content decryption module software ("Software") and related documentation, including any intellectual property rights in the Software. You may not use, modify, sell, or otherwise distribute the Software without a separate license agreement with Google. The Software is not open source software. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
