- From: Norbert Bollow <nb@bollow.ch>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:03:16 +0200
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote: > 4) Open-source. I think there is an implication that W3C > recommendations can be, maybe are, all implemented in open-source. I > think they are implementable there, but actually the W3C doesn't even > have a requirement for reference code (unlike, say, ISO), let alone > that there be open-source implementation. (The reference code from > other bodies is generally made available free of charge to conforming > implementations). I actually find little evidence that the W3C is an > 'open source' body. In my view, there is no need for W3C to be in any form or shape an organization promoting open source implementations. All I ask is that W3C refrains from doing the opposite, i.e. I ask that W3C not promote technologies which exclude users of fully open source software systems. Greetings, Norbert FreedomHTML.org
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