Re: Geopriv compromise proposal

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Ian Hickson<ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Rigo Wenning wrote:
>>
>> If your assumption that content displayed via the browser (and here it
>> is just something not HTML, like geodata) would be attributed to the
>> browser, liability attorneys would have really new fun ideas about
>> browser vendor's liability.
>
> This has nothing to do with the legal realities, and everything to do with
> the implied user perceptions in the interface.
>
>
>> Imagine you could locate the kids on Facebook to better target them.
>
> I'm sorry, but this kind of fear-mongering is where I draw the line.
>
>
> I join Doug in asking for a formal vote on whether we can move forward
> with the spec as it stands today.
>

I thought we had already decided to reject the proposal. Rigo formed
his arguments as a tweak to the Geopriv proposal and since nobody
seemed to change their minds, I thought the existing decision applies.
But if a formal vote is required, then let's do it.

Thanks,
Andrei

Received on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 18:19:41 UTC