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Not quite the same, but the time zone database was voluntarily maintained by some random guy for decades, until he got a lawsuit in 2011 and ICANN eventually to
by work_account 9y ago
Not quite the same, but the time zone database was voluntarily maintained by some random guy for decades, until he got a lawsuit in 2011 and ICANN eventually took over.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3081281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3081281
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database#2011_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database#2011_lawsuit