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Wasn't there some Wasmer controversy with the CEO or founder or something last year? Not trying to disparage the company or their work, I was just reminded of it by this post.

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Wasmer is considered a bad actor by many, and there are many in the WASM space who want nothing to do with them. It's no accident Wasmer isn't a part of the Bytecode Alliance [1].

A particularly damning incident was the time they tried and failed to trademark "WEBASSEMBLY", an open W3C standard [2] [3]. There are many choice words for companies trying these kinds of stunts.

Webassembly is growing despite Wasmer's existence. Not because of them. Be cautious.

[1]: https://bytecodealliance.org/

[2]: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88703780&docI...

[3]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI/issues/3#issuecomment-71...

Thanks for showcasing your concerns regarding the trademarks. We created a public response to make sure those concerns are addressed. Hope this sheds some light:

https://wasmer.io/posts/wasmer-and-trademarks

indeed! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28772863

Sounds toxic, which is sort of my experience with WASM as a whole. Browser vendors should already be ashamed for what they've done but now they are ready to try to convert all your apps into spyware garbage.

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