- From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:55:44 +0200
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Henri Sivonen 2008-07-03 22.32: > > On Jul 3, 2008, at 16:24, Mark Nottingham wrote: > >> IANA is well-recognised, has processes in place for change control, is >> accountable for availability, continuity, etc. and is backed by a >> stable financial structure. I don't see any benefit to making an >> exception for one type of registry when every other one on the >> Internet uses IANA, but maybe I'm missing something. 1+ for an IANA/IETF process behind. > Content on the WHATWG wiki is Free as in Free Software, which makes it > suitable for inclusion in software that might get distributed as part of > as OS distribution that has a Free Software-only policy. To my > knowledge, IANA registry files aren't Free as in Free Software, because > distribution of modified versions isn't permitted. (If I've > misunderstood, I'd love to know and be proven wrong.) > > Now that the Java Trap is history, to get a fully functional instance of > Validator.nu, the only non-Free ingredient one needs is a copy of the > IANA language tag registry file... FUD from the Free software world. -- leif halvard silli
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