@thejameskyle @samccone the foundation exists to *use the success of jQuery* in order to support a much wider set of openweb developer needs
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@thejameskyle@samccone for instance, it pays the w3c and ECMA the fees to get OSS devs on to WGs and into TC39. (e.g. Yehuda and rwaldron)2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@thejameskyle@samccone it also helps generate long term support for tools that the community relies on (jshint, jscs, esprima, qunit, etc)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejameskyle@samccone as well as help consolidate tooling when we have the opportunity (many esprima forks, jshint vs jscs)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejameskyle@samccone the reason most foundations exist is for legal/licensing reasons. It's safer, legally, to use foundation software.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejameskyle@samccone we can also use money that self-sufficient OSS like jQuery brings in, to fund the creation of socially important...1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@thejameskyle@samccone ...software, like globalization and a11y tools, that typically could never self-sustain, but are vital to the web.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejameskyle@samccone the jQuery Foundation exists to support web developers in making the web a better place to visit and create.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
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@thejameskyle@samccone some more official docs on what we provide https://jquery.org/projects/join/ (Keep your eyes open for more projects soon too)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejameskyle @samccone but I might add that that was a pretty rude way to ask. :/ Let's just be nice friends.
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