Uh... I'm too young for that, unfortunately. But as I get it that first they wrote the implementation(s), then - seeing it's reasonably good - documented the results for everyone to discuss and use.
The point is, they had an idea, hacked the software (without any standards, at that point, as I understand, this was the case with IRC which had RFCed only 10 years after the birth), then willingly shared the knowledge.
The point is, they had an idea, hacked the software (without any standards, at that point, as I understand, this was the case with IRC which had RFCed only 10 years after the birth), then willingly shared the knowledge.