Re: css3-fonts: should not dictate usage policy with respect to origin

Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jun/0476.html is the
> original comment. It states the problem quite clearly and offers a so-
> lution that's also quite clear. There is nothing about backward compa-
> tibility in there, so you don't seem to have followed the thread very
> well.

Since then, Glenn has gone on to make multiple arguments and 
suggestions, sometimes claiming backwards compatibility as his concern 
and sometimes forwards compatibility. His most recent argument has been 
that certain technical telecommunications specs reference early drafts 
of css-fonts, and hence should not be considered non-conformant if their 
implementation doesn't end up matching the final recommendation. Does 
that make sense to anyone?

JH