[Bug 10524] Please clarify procedure and recourse for non-working group members when they are unsatisfied with a bug resolution

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10524





--- Comment #1 from Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>  2010-09-01 19:21:31 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> 
> So a non-working group member can ask that their bug be escalated. However, if
> a working group member does not write a change proposal and champion said
> issue, the issue is closed. 

There is a saying in the legal profession that hard cases make for bad laws.

I think this is one of the cases.

I believe that the scenario that is being described here is that somebody
outside of the working group reports a bug, and (a) nobody within the working
group takes enough interest in the bug to propose a resolution in the form of a
change proposal, (b) the original person who reported the bug is willing to
write a change proposal, (c) said individual is not willing to agree to the W3C
Patent Policy or otherwise is not willing to follow the process that has been
put into place ensuring that the W3C has sufficient rights to incorporate said
proposal, and (d) said individual is willing to accept the decision of the very
same group on the disposition of the proposal.

Yes, in such a case the outcome would be that the only outcome of raising the
issue would be to confirm that nobody in the working group has an active
interest in addressing the problem reported, but even then, the issue would be
closed without prejudice.

Relaxing any of (a), (b), (c), or (d) results in a different outcome.

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