I see some people in multiple comments discussing the need for some sort of standard for markdown if it were to be used for (goals...). Does nobody else rememb

I see some people in multiple comments discussing the need for some sort of standard for markdown if it were to be used for (goals...). Does nobody else remember the debacle and (limited) fight between Jeff Atwood and John Gruber (markdown's creator) over this? It was a big deal here, and of course, over at Coding Horror, Atwood's blog. And the reason was: Atwood was calling for some kind of standard, and Gruber actively opposed the mere notion. Gruber claimed ambiguity was baked in in markdown and he didn't want a standard. So take this into consideration before proposing some markdown standards committee: the creator of markdown has said he actively opposes this. I guess he can be bypassed, but what does it say about the future of said standard if the original author says "no"?