Paul, I haven't kept up with the W3C policies in a long time -- do you need a "patent policy" now to get a Rec? If so, I, and I doubt JG and many, probably most others on this list would even give a hoot. :)
Jelks On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Karl Dubost <[email protected]> wrote: > Jelks, and others. > Just a note about W3C community groups. > > Le 21 nov. 2012 à 17:20, Jelks Cabaniss a écrit : > > Secondly, I'm glad to see Markdown even being considered by the W3C for > standardization. > > It is not. > > Community Groups are groups that *anyone* can start about a topic related > to the Web :) You do not need to be a W3C Member, to pay anything, etc. You > just need to open a public W3C [account][], and be a bunch of motivated and > open ;) people to discuss about a topic of interests. > > W3C gives the platform for free. In the case of Markdown, it means: > > * Home page > http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ > http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/feed/ > * Archived mailing-lists > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-markdown/ > * A wiki > http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/wiki/Main_Page > * An irc channel > irc://irc.w3.org:6665/#markdown > > > [account]: http://www.w3.org/community/account/request > > > That said if the community group has been successful, published a > document, etc. There might be interests from the W3C Members to make it on > W3C Rec track and then go into the patent policy dance, etc. > > > -- > Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ > Developer Relations, Opera Software > > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss >
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