A correction:
The Jabber project started in 1999 and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3921 was published in 2004.
https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/xmppwg/2002-May/000000.htm... suggests that the IETF process was already started in 2002.
The Jabber project started in 1999 and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3921 was published in 2004.
https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/xmppwg/2002-May/000000.htm... suggests that the IETF process was already started in 2002.
In any case Matrix would not rule out working with the IETF in the future, but for now the Matrix.org Foundation manages the governance of the protocol.