Re: Questions To Answer

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

> One thing to note is that the IETF primarily generates standards and
> that GNOME (as it exists today) primarily generates code. Another

No 

> difference is that many IETF standards are largely independent, while
> GNOME code is designed to interoperate.

No

> I think that's a very different situation.

The gnome code is irrelevant. The gnome foundation, the LSB, the vendors need
APIs not code. APIs are protocol specifications, APIs are largely independant.
Code is just implementation detail on the interface.