Re: DOM, Promises, and licensing

On Jul 12, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote:
> * Alex Russell wrote:
> >We have a problem and I understand that you -- and pretty much nobody else
> >-- can solve it. That might be mistaken, as might my understanding of the
> >whole situation, but that's because there's little I can find to outline
> >the thinking behind the problem: Anne van Kesteren is *not allowed to edit
> >the W3C DOM spec!?!?*
> 
> Jeff is probably busy spreading the doctrine of heteronomous computing,
> so let me help out here: Anne is not allowed to edit the specification
> because he has not re-joined W3C's Web Applications Working Group after
> leaving it, and Chairs cannot appoint non-participants as editors.
> 
> I'm coming up to speed on the details of this controversy as I go, so apologies for fumbling a bit. Hope you'll correct my misunderstandings where they are evident to you.

Would it be useful for Anne to provide on this thread his understanding of the situation?

Ian

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