RE: [syndication] Re: Some suggestions for RSS .92

["Paulo Gaspar" <Paulo.Gaspar@krankikom.de>]

Aaron,

The name is part of the standard. And the standard is open to serve a
community. Just like that.

Otherwise, it should be proprietary.


Have fun,
Paulo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Swartz [mailto:aswartz@swartzfam.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 23:25
>
> Mark Ketzler <mketzler@bizslice.com> wrote:
>
> >> Like those asking now for other people to change names, and as you
> >> say, I really have no say in this.  This is really between the
> >> original stakeholders.
> > I couldn't disagree more! I am spending my companies money on an RSS
> > implementation. I and many other non-original stakeholders have a lot at
> > stake -- money, reputations, jobs ... To say that only the original
> > stakeholders matter is upsetting and limits the adoption of
> RSS. I thought
> > this was an open process. The original stakeholders are and
> always will be
> > the founders of this movement. All credit should be given to
> them for their
> > efforts. I would be surprised to here that *they* would want
> this to be a
> > closed process. Am I missing something here?
>
> I believe the comment is only in reference to the name changing decision,
> not to the development and direction of RSS. I agree, RSS
> development should
> be an open process. However, use of the RSS name rightfully
> belongs to those
> who created/popularized that name, and so I believe it is right that we
> should defer the decision to them.
>
> --
> Aaron Swartz | me@aaronsw.com | http://www.aaronsw.com