- From: Stephen Stewart <beowulf@carisenda.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 13:25:24 +0100
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 18 May 2007, at 12:21, Philip Taylor (Webmaster) wrote: > > Matthew Raymond wrote: > >> Are you suggesting that we design HTML5 around the >> accessibility laws >> of every country and municipality on Earth? Because if that's the >> case, >> we're going to need a lot more lawyers on this mailing list... > > I can't answer for Henrik Dvergsdal, but speaking solely for myself > I believe that HTML 5 should be designed to accommodate the > accessibility > requirements of as many people as possible. In practice, we can be > guided by the accessibility legislation that is already in place in > (for example), Europe and North America. > Is this not a bit cart before horse? > What staggers me is that the Open Source movement wastes > uncountable hours worrying about licences, whilst some > members of this group seem blissfully unconcerned about the > far more real-world concerns regarding accessibility. > How are they real world? I haven't seen any major cases with respect to accessibility, certainly not of the magnitude of the Eolas case. I'm with you in spirit but we can't argue from a false premise, you have to take the world as it is not how you imagine it. -- Stephen Stewart
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