Re: [w3c/charter-html] Drop "DOM 4" or any copy/paste efforts (#145)

@domenic wrote:

things that are not facts.

@marcoscaceres 

While I agree that there are problems caused by having more than one organisation develop a specification for the same thing, longstanding requests by W3C to engage in constructive search for resolution to these problems has effectively been rebuffed.

The current approach of the Working Group is not to simply copy-and-paste, but to do necessary work on specifications according to W3C processes, as chartered by W3C members. In particular, W3C produces stable specifications that have undergone both implementation and quality review, and are considered to provide a reasonable reference point for a vast audience.

The working group does copy text that is licensed apparently to allow that - just as W3C's work - including all that of the Working Group - is now generally licensed, since literally re-writing text instead of getting straightforward permission is simply foolish given a goal to enhance interoperability.

But our experience has been that this leads to continued importing of unreliable content, which of course fails to meet the goals outlined above - and is itself a reason for the work done at W3C.

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