We can't use RSD

[Mark Pilgrim <f8dy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, I've now caught up with the mailing list archives, and I've come to 
the conclusion that Daniel Berlinger has single-handedly taken RSD off 
the table as a viable option.

The spec is owned and controlled by a single person with a competitive 
interest in this space.  The spec currently lives on a server where that 
person has sole authorship rights.  Daniel has had plenty of time to 
submit it to any number of standards bodies, but he has chosen not to do 
so.  In fact, he has shown no apparent interest in changing the 
copyright or licensing situation at all until we decided not to use it 
in draft 7 (on technical grounds which have been publicly discussed in 
multiple places, see my previous message for references).  And now all 
of a sudden we hear some vague handwaving about Creative Commons and get 
accused of plotting a nefarious conspiracy to exclude him ("yuck").

And, to drive the point home in an ironic fashion, I have been unable to 
view the spec because its server has been down for at least the past 12 
hours.  Whatever you may think of standards bodies such as the IETF, or 
spec-writing processes such as the Internet Draft/RFC process, at least 
their specs are available when I go Googling.

Bottom line: this project can not afford to be held hostage by a 
conspiracy theorist with competitive interests.  We've been down that 
road; we know exactly where it leads.  Build on open standards, or don't 
bother building at all.

-Mark Pilgrim