[smaddock]

The intention was to build a media player based on a Chromium-derived web browser. Functionally it would playback content on Netflix, Hulu, and other DRM-enabled services.

The problem isn't the closed source nature of Widevine CDM, but rather that access to use it is rather difficult to come by.

DRM goes against the concept of an Open Web in which anyone can build a web browser without asking permission.