Comments on: W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/wc3-abandons-consensus-standardizes-drm-eff-resigns/2017/09/20 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Simon Grant https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/wc3-abandons-consensus-standardizes-drm-eff-resigns/2017/09/20/comment-page-1#comment-1579128 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:04:39 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=67831#comment-1579128 Indeed, shocking and disappointing.

This highlights to me the vital importance of founding a commons-based standards body that will truly operate through consensus-oriented (consent, etc.) governance. The point about consensus is not about the technical details of how many are allowed to stand aside or block, but about the overall intent, which is to include the views and wisdom of as many parties as possible, to make the best decisions in the best common interest.

W3C has clearly violated that trust, and we should be thinking of ways of building effective alternatives.

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