Bah. It is solving a nonexistent problem. Sit back, and enjoy life instead.
On Jun 6, 2011 6:59 AM, "Ian Lynch" <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
