- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:19:13 -0500
- To: Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>
- CC: Fred Andrews <fredandw@live.com>, "public-html-admin@w3.org" <public-html-admin@w3.org>
On 02/12/2013 01:50 AM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: > Fred Andrews: >> The W3C are responsible for their own actions. ... We are extending >> them the courtesy of helping them understand the issues. > > I do not belong to those who think that the W3C management does not > "understand the issues". I am convinced that the opposite is true and > that they are fully aware that the W3C with EME is on a confrontation > course with the Open Source community. Otherwise the policy stated in > the "World Wide Web Consortium Process Document" would not have been > violated (by ignoring all fundamental objections). Having talked directly to those in the W3C who have taken this position, I can say that based on my reading of your statement above it appears to me that it is highly unlikely that you have done so yourself. > Let me take this opportunity to point out that according to the same > paragraph of the "World Wide Web Consortium Process Document" all > "legitimate views and objections" by others such as "a group in another > organization, or the general public" also have to be considered (see below). I encourage you to bring this up in the appropriate forum. > Cheers, > Andreas > --- > > "Consensus is a core value of W3C. To promote consensus, the W3C process > requires Chairs to ensure that groups consider all legitimate views and > objections, and endeavor to resolve them, whether these views and > objections are expressed by the active participants of the group or by > others (e.g., another W3C group, a group in another organization, or the > general public). Decisions MAY be made during meetings (face-to-face or > distributed) as well as through email. Note: The Director, W3C Chair, > and COO have the role of assessing consensus within the Advisory Committee." > http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#Consensus - Sam Ruby
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