OpenID 2.0 finalization progress

[Dick Hardt]

I don't see why the two processes need to be any more dependant on  
each other then they are already.

Having  a final spec allows everyone with IP to be clear about any  
IPR statements they are making. In the IPR policy, participants have  
the option to withdraw when a spec is proposed to be final.

I think it is currently embarrassing that we have not made OpenID 2.0  
final. The OAuth project started from nothing to a final spec in the  
last six months. Now they are dealing with IPR.

I'm not saying the IPR policy is not important, just that we don't  
need to deal with these issues serially.

A number of participants are going to sit back until OpenID 2.0 is  
final AND the IPR has been settled. Let's at least knock one of these  
off and build up some more momentum!

-- Dick

On 17-Oct-07, at 7:26 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:

> My understanding is that we need to get the IPR process finalized,
> then cross all the t's and dot the i's from the intellectual property
> perspective for the 2.0 spec(s), and then declare 2.0 to be final.
>
> Would be too embarrassing if we declared a spec final and then
> discovered that it did not meet our own IPR requirements re patents,
> for example, wouldn't it?
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2007, at 16:00, Dick Hardt wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On 15-Oct-07, at 3:02 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote:
>>
>>> Hello fellow OpenID spec participants,
>>>
>>> As I wrote in August [1], it's time to get the specification  
>>> declared
>>> final. We've had quite a while now for implementations and
>>> specification feedback. Here at JanRain, we've implemented the draft
>>> specification in Python [2] and PHP [3], and I know that the  
>>> folks at
>>> Sxip have implemented and deployed it in Java [4]. I know that at
>>> least those implementations have beed tested against each other, and
>>> worked successfully. I haven't heard of any new spec issues raised
>>> from implementation.
>>>
>>> As such, I am in favor of declaring Draft 12 the final draft and
>>> blessing it as OpenID 2.0.
>>>
>>> Do the other specification editors agree that now is the time to
>>> declare OpenID 2.0 finished?
>>>
>>> Josh Hoyt <josh at janrain.com>
>>> OpenID: http://j3h.us/
>>>
>>> 1. http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2007-August/001953.html
>>> 2. http://openidenabled.com/python-openid/
>>> 3. http://openidenabled.com/php-openid/
>>> 4. http://code.google.com/p/openid4java/
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