[whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

[Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)]

>
> Wait...Apple and Nokia posit an potential patent threat as justification
> to remove the text, but patent and other "Intellectual Property" reasons
> aren't justification for putting it back?
>
> Great double standard there.

Yeah, agreed.  It amazes me how so far the discussion has been incredibly 
double-standarded and slippery.  This discussion amounts to "we can't paint 
the wall green because then it would be green" with a few tangents here and 
there.  Fully agreed with you, Jeff.

> As a show of good faith, revert the text, then have the discussion.  If
> a better solution is found that meets everyone's criteria, hey great.
> But reverting the text to what it was can be considered a show of good
> faith since, clearly, the text that was put in its place can't stand for
> the spec to go to fruition.

Yes, do us the honor of restoring the text in good faith while the discussion 
continues.  It's not like you're gonna ratify HTML5 tomorrow as a sour 
Christmas present anyway.

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