# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 2
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/113976771275511518
#Europe has been for too long mandating the use of closed #standards, and in 2018 there was an attempt to get them #open by demanding free access to them using #FOIA.
The @EUCommission@EUCommission said "no", those asking for them sued, then appealed, and in the now called " @carlmalamud@carlmalamud judgement" the comission was told to grant access.
Who didn't like this? Standards bodies - entities that should be working for a goal and the common good, but instead see their work as a business. In December, #ISO and #IEC sued. Let's see how this evolves...
A better and less summarized description here:
https://www.globalnorm.de/en/news-product-compliance/details/new-development-on-the-malamud-case-and-free-provision-of-standards/
#Europe has been for too long mandating the use of closed #standards, and in 2018 there was an attempt to get them #open by demanding free access to them using #FOIA.
The @EUCommission@EUCommission said "no", those asking for them sued, then appealed, and in the now called " @carlmalamud@carlmalamud judgement" the comission was told to grant access.
Who didn't like this? Standards bodies - entities that should be working for a goal and the common good, but instead see their work as a business. In December, #ISO and #IEC sued. Let's see how this evolves...
A better and less summarized description here:
https://www.globalnorm.de/en/news-product-compliance/details/new-development-on-the-malamud-case-and-free-provision-of-standards/