• stinerman@feddit.online
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    4 days ago

    Not trying to be that guy, but ActivityPub is technically owned by the W3C. I agree with the sentiment of your post regarding the free nature of AP.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The specification yes. But can they silence voices they don’t like, and amplify those they do? No? Then no problem.

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        3 days ago

        AP is just a protocol. Like HTTP. The IETF owns the HTTP protocol. Anyone is free to implement it, but they decide what HTTP is and how it evolves over time.

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          3 days ago

          I don’t believe many people implementing AP listen to W3C. W3C can say they own it, but I want to see practical evidence, not just a flag.

          • stinerman@feddit.online
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            3 days ago

            By that definition no one owns any open standard. Either way this was an academic argument to start with, so it’s not worth belaboring.