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Not really; the WebAssembly work is all done within the W3C. Specifically, it is done within the WebAssembly Community Group (open to all), then shuffled throu
by domenicd 7y ago
Not really; the WebAssembly work is all done within the W3C.
Specifically, it is done within the WebAssembly Community Group (open to all), then shuffled through the WebAssembly Working Group (open to paying member companies only) for advancement through the official W3C processes. This is a reasonable process hack for getting openness within the W3C structure.
That said, the "Recommendation" stamp of approval is indeed being overblown in this article. What it practically means is:
- (Pro) now all of the member companies of the WebAssembly working group (https://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=101196&order=org&public=1 https://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=101196&order=o...) have pledged not to use their patents to sue anyone who implements the WebAssembly specification.
- (Con) now there is a static "dead standard" at some https://w3.org/TR/ https://w3.org/TR/ URL which people will treat as more official than the actual living drafts at https://webassembly.github.io/spec/ https://webassembly.github.io/spec/, despite the living drafts being actually up to date with implementations and the dead standard existing only for patent purposes.