Re: Please Keep Our Decentralized Web Standards Open

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From: Marcus Rohrmoser <me+swicg@mro.name>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2023 7:15 AM
To: public-swicg@w3.org <public-swicg@w3.org>
Cc: lisa@lisarein.com <lisa@lisarein.com>
Subject: Re: Please Keep Our Decentralized Web Standards Open


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On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:53:41 -0700
"Lisa Rein" <lisa@lisarein.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Lisa Rein, Co-founder of Creative Commons and Aaron Swartz Day here.
>
> I have strong concerns about moving any open social web work out of the CG
> process and into a WG because it means less folks will be able to
> participate.
>
> The whole point of creating a Decentralized Web is to have a more level
> playing field where independent groups can interoperate and flourish,
> which requires the process for creating Decentralized Web standards to be
> as transparent and inclusive as possible.
>
> To that end, I think it would be a tragedy to move any decentralized
> social web standard activity from the current open, consensus-based
> process to any closed, member-only process.
>
> Decentralized Web standards deserve to be developed in a truly open and
> inclusive manner - rather than a top-down approach where all concerned
> voices cannot possibly be heard, simply because they don’t actually have
> access to the process.
>
> Only a transparent process, that is truly inclusive, will have any hope of
> being able to address the concerns of the numerous, diverse and often
> marginalized communities that will be depending on these very important
> Decentralized Web standards.
>
> Thanks,
>
> lisa
>
>
> Lisa Rein
>
> Co-Founder, Creative Commons
> Co-Founder, Aaron Swartz Day
>
> Chelsea Manning's Archivist
> Digital Librarian, Dr. Timothy Leary Futique Trust