[OpenID board] BOARD VOTE: Motion to update Rails plugin and OpenID.net ...

[Scott Kveton]

> I am still uncomfortable with the Foundation paying for any open
> source development. I think it distorts the community. Why is Rails
> getting funds from the Foundation as opposed to anyone else? With the
> bounty program, lots of projects could qualify, and there were enough
> bounties that it was not a harsh first come, first served scenario
> where you needed to make the gold rush. Here with Rails we are
> providing funds just because that is the platform that Refresh chose.
> Given that, Refresh chose a bad platform and I'm not keen for the
> Foundation to have to fix it.

It was a platform chosen by Refresh and approved by the OIDF (we hired
them).  We invested in developing the membership software that is now
effectively only compatible with a commercial product.

> It seems ironic to pay money for something free so that we don't use a
> commercial product that is being provided free. :-)

Fair enough but it still doesn't address the issue around vendor
neutrality which is what I'm trying to address here.

- Scott