RE: https://w3c.social/@timbl/116218139512953309
I know Tim's document from 37 years ago says "proposal" in the title, but I always felt it wasn't a "may I do this please" proposal but more of an announcement. "Here's what I'm doing, here's all the details, you can do it too if you want."
That's why it worked. No vaporware, rough consensus, working code, open source. The Internet way.
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Carl Malamud
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2026-04-09 01:04:32 UTC
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