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The creator of the original Markdown requested that the standardized version be renamed to avoid using the word “Markdown”. https://blog.codinghorror.com/stand
by anderskaseorg 4y ago
The creator of the original Markdown requested that the standardized version be renamed to avoid using the word “Markdown”.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common-markdown/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-commo...
- mikl 4y ago…and threatened legal action against anyone using the word “Markdown” in a way he did not approve of. Jeff Atwood goes out of his way to be courteous to Gruber in this post, but frankly, I think Gruber was being a jerk here, using his claim to the name to tyrannise an open source community that he has otherwise not been involved with in the slightest the last ~17 years.
- tonto 4y agoTIL Aaron Schwartz had at least some role in creating markdown also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gruber#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gruber#History
- jdelman 4y agoYes, that's exactly my point. There already is a standardized version, created by the author of the post itself.