Re: [patwg-charter] Include references to W3C Process and Antitrust Guidelines only (#32)

This issue is now mute as I understand the charter is advancing for W3C membership consideration.

To briefly address the points raised in the prior comment.

1. Ambiguity should be removed from charters. Charters must not be vague. The fact ambiguity exists elsewhere and in other charters does not mean we shouldn't address ambiguity in this one.
2. The word "harm" is a poor word as it means many things to many people. Many of the worlds problems can be traced directly to different views on the word "harm". It should be replaced in the referenced documents. The NIST references specific harms and this might be a route forward to narrow the scope of the charter and the "harm(s)" it is trying to address.
3. Use of non-secular - my intention was to use the word as short hand for "a particular set of beliefs". The sentence might better conclude as "motivated by a single position concerning ethics is _forcing a particular set of beliefs on the participants of the group_". I had overlooked the obvious religious definition. I apologise.
4. The original mission of the web - This has expanded beyond anyone's wildest imagination in 1990. There have been many benefits and some harms. In this way the web is not very different to any other new technology adopted widely by society. I'm guided by the users of the web when understanding harms. See the introduction to [this request](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-patcg/2022Jun/0074.html).
5. cross-site / same-site - Domain names need to be removed from the privacy boundary of the web and we must align to privacy laws. See this [short video](https://movementforanopenweb.com/animation-an-open-web-for-everyone/). The terms should be dropped from this charter as a start.
6. [priority of constituencies](https://www.w3.org/TR/design-principles/#priority-of-constituencies) - I realise this is widely accepted at W3C and I've hesitated to challenge it. However there is a symbiotic relationship between constituents. The design principles would benefit from recognising this complexity in the future. However this is not an argument that I see as important at the moment.

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