On 6 June 2011 11:34, Dirk-Willem van Gulik <di...@webweaving.org> wrote:
> IMHO - if there is any such risk - we 1) should both help the regulators > understand the situation better and 2) do this in such a transparent way > that members of our communities are better equipped to have their part of > that conversation. And this is nothing new or special - plenty of (industry) > standards bodies have had this issue - and the drive for open standards and > readily accessible documentation, both from a regulatory point as well from > a post-damage repair perspective, is now well understood and common. > > We got fairly close to these issues some 10-12 years ago - but (I > personally think that we) where saved by the fast growth of java and other > projects (and the fact that the internet was still tiny as an industry). And > hence we never really addressed this. But perhaps it is time to do so. > > Thanks, > > Dw (who is happy to commit to making a stab at this on the East side of the > atlantic). In my experience, building relationships with regulators is a very good idea. So +1 from me.
