Re: [abcusers] chords writing in abc/little V: comment

[Bryancreer]

Phil Taylor said -

>I see no conflict whatsoever between those two quotes.

[Proposals under discussion versus innovations released into the public
domain]

I think the fact that you can't see the difference is the problem.

>Do you think that Jim Vint should withdraw the exclamation mark
>used to mark end of line in abc2win?

Well, it's a bit late now.  Even if it was withdrawn from the software, there
are still a lot of tunes out there that use it.  It looks like a perfect
example of what I'm talking about and just the sort of process you advocate.  
Jim saw a need and came up with a solution that wasn't explicitly banned by
the standard.  He implemented it without, as far as I know, discussing it
with anyone else.  His users liked it and made use of it.  What's your
problem?  Some people don't like it, but tough.  It is the point I've been
trying to make that once an extension is released into the public domain it
is very difficult to take it out again so it should always be done with
thought and care.

>I don't see any evidence of lack of goodwill
>on the part of the standards committee.  

I don't see any evidence of the standards committee.  

Bryan Creer