shelleyp

And https://www.w3.org/2019/04/WHATWG-W3C-MOU.html

1.2 Is this HTML5? This section is non-normative.

In short: Yes.

In more length: the term "HTML5" is widely used as a buzzword to refer to modern web technologies, many of which (though by no means all) are developed at the WHATWG. This document is one such; others are available from the WHATWG Standards overview.

There should never be something about 'respect' when it comes to a specification.

When I publish anything on the web, do I have to give credit to Tim Berners-Lee each time?

A specification isn't a badge of honor, it's a useful tool, one among many. Other than clarification of who is currently authority for, and making changes to, a specification, there should be no names on any spec or standard.

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It is his stuff. People can do that.

Sometimes people want to do something different,

Oh give it a rest.

He didn't 'leave' the internet. He's just taking time away from all the fooflah. You know, not everyone needs to be hooked up to the machine 24x7.