<s>
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
was	O
a	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
project	O
aimed	O
at	O
developing	O
an	O
open	O
interoperable	O
DRM	O
architecture	O
that	O
implements	O
standardized	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
opening	O
up	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
started	O
as	O
an	O
internal	O
research	O
project	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Open	O
Media	O
Commons	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Development	I-Application
and	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
CDDL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
included	O
of	O
a	O
Java	O
Stream	O
Assembly	O
API	B-Application
to	O
support	O
digital	O
video	O
management	O
and	O
distribution	O
,	O
a	O
hardware	O
-	O
and	O
operating	O
system-independent	O
interoperable	O
DRM	O
standard	O
called	O
DRM-OPERA	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Sun	O
Streaming	O
Server	O
to	O
stream	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
over	O
IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
characteristics	O
of	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
were	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
identity	O
focus	O
:	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
approaches	O
DRM	O
(	O
and	O
CAS	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
network	O
identity	O
management-focused	O
perspective	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
device-centric	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interoperability	O
:	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
uses	O
an	O
open	O
approach	O
and	O
fully	O
specifies	O
everything	O
necessary	O
to	O
build	O
heterogeneous	O
,	O
interoperable	O
,	O
vendor	O
neutral	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
reliance	O
on	O
security	O
through	O
obscurity	O
:	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
's	O
architecture	O
does	O
not	O
follow	O
the	O
traditional	O
model	O
of	O
security	O
through	O
obscurity	O
which	O
must	O
maintain	O
a	O
closed	O
source	O
code	O
base	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
operate	O
securely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Royalty-free	O
design	O
model	O
:	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
royalty	O
free	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
avoid	O
encumbered	O
technology	O
that	O
carries	O
onerous	O
licensing	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
technology	O
required	O
the	O
software	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
signed	O
and	O
run	O
on	O
trusted	O
computing	O
hardware	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
unauthorized	O
or	O
unsigned	O
code	O
cannot	O
be	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
journalist	O
Cory	O
Doctorow	O
,	O
who	O
characterized	O
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
as	O
crippleware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
DReaM	I-Application
was	O
favorably	O
mentioned	O
by	O
Mike	O
Linksvayer	O
in	O
a	O
2008	O
article	O
discussing	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
fair	O
use	O
and	O
Creative	O
Commons-licensed	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
