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Okay, if we go with proprietary meaning strictly sole developer, and ignore that it has been developed with a community, first by mailing list, and now on Usene

by shakna 5y ago

Okay, if we go with proprietary meaning strictly sole developer, and ignore that it has been developed with a community, first by mailing list, and now on Usenet [0]... Gemini was first published roughly in 2019. At about three years old, what protocol has a standards board? It's too young. It took C roughly 17 years to get a standards body. It took Gopher three years to get the first RFC [1]. Was it a proprietary protocol? It was the same age as Gemini currently is. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20211026220037/https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007388.html#%3C704705533.350997.1635162832645@ichabod.co-bxl%3E https://web.archive.org/web/20211026220037/https://lists.orb... [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1436 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1436

snvzz 5y ago
>At about three years old, what protocol has a standards board? It's too young. Your point is moot due to Gemini's immutability. It isn't a protocol carefully designed by a committee. It is just somebody's brain fart. It cannot be fixed and we are giving it too much attention.
- knowledge-clay 5y ago
  > It isn't a protocol carefully designed by a committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee