RE: WOFF without same origin restriction in Opera?

[John Hudson:]
> > I'm not sure where this rant can get us. Granted, it's far more
> > articulate and intelligent than 'Fuck the Foundries' but when the
> > rhetorical bar is that low, pretty much anything goes...
> 
> I was aiming for something better than a 'rant'. I really am perplexed by
> what Opera are doing since a) the SOR requirement has been in the WOFF
> spec since it was first submitted to W3C, b) Opera co-sponsored that spec,
> and c) they have, to my knowledge, made no formal objection to the
> presence of the SOR requirement in subsequent versions of the spec. I
> pondered this since Christopher brought it to our attention, and finally
> decided that although I was having trouble understanding this behaviour I
> wasn't comfortable letting it pass without comment.
> 
> As to where this 'rant' -- was it really so bad? -- can get us, well, it
> got us to you writing a lengthy and well reasoned commentary on the
> situation. Thank you.

I realize now rant was somewhat pejorative; sorry about that. I was reacting
more to the general tone of where I thought the thread might be going, and to
singling out Anne in particular. While I agree his take has been unhelpful at 
times on this topic, I didn't think pursuing that angle would get us anywhere.

Received on Wednesday, 26 January 2011 02:23:52 UTC