[KayL]

This is a common design. Only MS can tell you the truth. Is there anything you're talked offline made you feel they copied your idea?

I think I will not credit everyone on my comparison tables. I only credit who inspired me hugely. MS hasn't implemented everything AppGet had. I bet MS is waiting for public feedback for the next point. Acutally MS has its Roadmap: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/wind...

For the spec, only two common options: YAML & JSON. And every YAML spec looks this way.

MS has other experiences like TypeScript Definition also. https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/mast...