For some time I was thinking about the purpose of WHATWG, the group that promotes HTML5 and all other standards that make web application. The last time I digged around them, W3C seem to have Microsoft sympathizers and WHATWG seem to have Apple, Google sympathizers. Native apps on iOS and Android are important for Apple and Google. And interestingly WHATWG, the group that splintered from W3C on XHTML issues, and promoted HTML5, is not involved in touch events ? Or that only W3C is being sued ?
While Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Chrome et all other than IE are moving with WHATWG (the live standard concept making a release every 6 weeks or so), shouldn't we be focusing whether touch events are available on WHATWG ? With a larger controversy between W3C and WHATWG looming around, this micro-controversy on W3C makes me skeptical on this controversy itself. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111213/02292717063/apple-abuses-patent-system-again-to-obstruct-w3c-open-standard.shtml > > Apple Abuses Patent System Again To Obstruct W3C Open Standard > from the getting-to-be-a-habit dept > > Apple has been garnering quite a reputation for itself as a patent > bully, for example using patents around the world in an attempt to > stop Samsung competing in the tablet market, and bolstering patent > trolls. But that's not enough for the company, it seems: now it wants > to use patents to block open standards. > > As befits an organization that seeks to promote the Web, the World > Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has a clear policy on the use of patents in > its standards: > > In order to promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C > seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented on a > Royalty-Free (RF) basis. Subject to the conditions of this policy, W3C > will not approve a Recommendation if it is aware that Essential Claims > exist which are not available on Royalty-Free terms. > > > rest at > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111213/02292717063/apple-abuses-patent-system-again-to-obstruct-w3c-open-standard.shtml > > __________________________________________________________ > > > Best > > A. Mani > > > > > -- > A. Mani > CU, ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS > http://www.logicamani.co.cc > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- Pratap. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
