- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:08:08 -0500
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>, public-w3process@w3.org
On 12/16/2014 10:57 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> And personally I'm not convinced that it is a good idea since >> CC0 advocates have been explicit that they like the idea that >> they could create derivative specs elsewhere (which would >> lead to fragmentation). > I guess you can claim that you do not like the idea, but so far the > W3C is the only organization I know that is putting this practice to > test. There are actually quite a number of specifications that started in W3C and today exist as derivative specifications outside of W3C. > > I've seen the opposite happen actually on the other side of the > fence. The majority of DOM Parsing & Serialization was written under > CC0. However, an organization with a more restrictive license > maintained their copy better and therefore the CC0 copy was abandoned. > This is a shame since more web platform documentation became > encumbered, but it also demonstrates that those advocating CC0 are not > interested in fragmentation. > >
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