A proposal to freeze the Gemini specification

[almaember]

He merely owns the website/capsule it's hosted on. Taking and hosting it, or even rewording it to avoid copyright issues, is a relatively simple task.

GitLab doesn't own the GitLab specification just because it's hosted there, and neither does the operator of this mailing list own this message.

I called those things axioms, which in retrospect is a little odd choice of word, because it's just that, something that is taken as true and forming the basis of the argument and not the argument itself.

I do not criticize him for taking a break, that's okay. My problem is with the way he returned, i.e., taking power he basically didn't have any rights to at that point. The only thing he's currently doing is hosting a website and capsule.

And, lastly this is not an open source project per se. More like a set of conventions projects agree on. In other words, a standard.

On October 26, 2021 12:09:45 AM GMT+02:00, Andrew Thorp <andrew.thorp.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
>I think it's fair to say the term "dictator" was probably somewhat
>tongue in cheek, especially given the informal tone and the joke in
>the second sentence.
>They took what was likely a mental health break, given their recent gemlog post.
>Solderpunk is by definition the owner of the Gemini project insofar as
>they control the canonical specification.
>I don't disagree with your "axioms" but let's keep things in
>perspective and be civil.
>Obviously two months is a long time to be gone but owning an open
>source project doesn't mean Solderpunk is obligated to always have a
>presence or be responsive.
>Their interaction with the community is 100% at-will.
>
>- Andrew

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