At least by the account of the Standard/CommonMarkdown team, it looks more like:
Dude creates something. It gets widely adopted (and distorted along the way). Other group of people want to improve it by standardizing it (not changing it).
Dude's stance is: ...
Standardizers: so, uh, do you want to take part?
Dude's stance is: ...
Standardizers: do you at least agree with the name?
Dude's stance is: ...
Standardizers: look, we've gone ahead and did this.
Dude's stance is: outrageous!
(Ironies get exchanged by both sides)
Standardizers: ok, we apologize for the name grab. Here is a list of alternative names we could use (list). Which one do you prefer?
Dude's stance is: ...
(while tweeting ironies about it, presumably instead of replying to their email)
Standardizers: ok, we've gone ahead and picked one alternative.
Dude's stance will be (I'm guessing): blasphemy!