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Uh oh, they still don't seem to have fully relinquished their claims to the name "WebAssembly". Their vscode package is listed under "WebAssembly Foundation".

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It's been this way for a little bit already (actually since 3 years ago! [1]).

It was an intentional thing though, because we want to put this extension under a common group, not something that only Wasmer owns... that's why we haven't changed it yet. But I agree that probably using WebAssembly Foundation is perhaps not the best name :)

[1]: https://github.com/wasmerio/vscode-wasm/commit/0f7f00f44aa72...


WebAssembly Foundation is a misleading name. WebAssembly has a foundation, just not a separate one. It's W3C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly

I like that OpenJS Foundation is called OpenJS Foundation and not JS Foundation.

That said, the main thing I object to is the trademark.


You actually gave me a great idea! Perhaps we can rename it to OpenWasm Foundation (I think that's a great name, your suggestion inspired me). I will discuss with more people to see what name will make more sense to rename it to.

And please let me know if you have other suggestions!


Good luck. I wouldn't mind having multiple organizations. The Bytecode Alliance is great but I would rather people recognize that WebAssembly belongs to the W3C (or everyone via the W3C if you prefer to think of it that way) and not them or the CNCF.


> I would rather people recognize that WebAssembly belongs to the W3C (or everyone via the W3C if you prefer to think of it that way) and not them

I 300% agree with you on this




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