Re: [css3-writing-modes] before/after terminology alternative?

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp> wrote:

> Hi Martin, thank you for the reply.
>
> > > Thank you for the info, I understand that better now. But since
> discussion here is
> > > about W3C's statement about compatibility, someone taking over the
> spec doesn't
> > > seem to make a big difference, does it?
> >
> > I'm not sure what you meant with the above sentence. In case you wanted
> to say
> > "because it's now outside of W3C, W3C doesn't need to care anymore", I
> would have
> > to disagree quite clearly.
>
> I didn't go that far, but CSS WG to make a forever commitment for
> compatibility with external body sounds like a bit over-commit to me, isn't
> it?
>

What "external body" are you referring to?