RE: Publishing a new draft (was: Draft of @summary text for HTML 5 poll)

Larry Masinter wrote:
>
> I object to the working group ONLY publishing a new draft of
> the Hixie fork of the HTML5 specification, because the industry
> and the public are already confused enough about the state of
> the activities of the W3C HTML working group and the process
> we are embarking on.
>
> My objection would be satisfied if we also simultaneously published
> Mike Smith's document and/or Manu's fork as First Public Working
> Drafts along with a clear public explanation of the process we
> are now engaging.

I would like to second that, and hereby register my objection as well. 
However I believe that Larry's criteria for removing the objection is a 
workable compromise, and I would be prepared to rescind my objection as well 
should it be met.

John Foliot

Received on Wednesday, 29 July 2009 05:59:28 UTC