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Oh man, how is this possibly legal? Can the WHATWG license their work in such a way as to disallow this, if you want a fixed version number to test against (whi
by andy_ppp 9y ago
Oh man, how is this possibly legal? Can the WHATWG license their work in such a way as to disallow this, if you want a fixed version number to test against (which doesn’t actually make sense, as there is no reference implementation, just various browser vendors that hopefully converge on and agreed implementation) you can just fork your own version of the WHATWG html spec, which will be more inline with browsers and have further bug fixes and corrections.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoWHATWG doesn't care about this because honestly its an organization where the browser vendors can tell you what they will implement. Having W3C do this doesn't influence any of the decisions that they make.
- h1d 9y agoWhy? WHATWG doesn't make money with the spec itself, rather want it spread to wider audience, so more are informed of the upcoming changes for smoother deployment.
- naasking 9y agoBecause that's just how copyright works. You can't erase attributions and redistribute without permission.
- gsnedders 9y agoLiberal spec licensing was a deliberate goal of the WHATWG: remember that most of the WHATWG specs have been written from scratch rather than derivatives of the existing W3C specs (which W3C host organisations hold the copyright of). It ultimately gives a further constraint on relevance: be relevant, or someone will fork your spec and implementers will follow.
- om2 9y agoWHATWG Living Standards are now licensed under CC-BY 4.0,so if the W3C continues to copy, it needs to provid appropriate acknowledgement. The lic mes does allow copying by design though.