Re: [Json] Comments on the proposed charter

SM <sm@resistor.net> Fri, 01 March 2013 01:06 UTC

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Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
Subject: Re: [Json] Comments on the proposed charter
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At 17:54 19-02-2013, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>I am somewhat concerned about this. If "community" means a 
>self-selecting group of standards nerds / corporate interests / 
>fringe developers, I am violently against it.
>
>Yes, anyone can come to the table at the IETF, but I question 
>whether the wider JSON community is even aware of this effort. Have 
>we reached out to JSON implementers, for example? Have they joined 
>the list? Do we have representation from the various Open Source 
>frameworks that use JSON?

I agree with what Mark wrote.  This ends up creating social issues 
which affect other work.

Regards,
-sm