OpenID 2.0 finalization progress

Josh Hoyt josh at janrain.com
Mon Oct 22 22:28:32 UTC 2007


On 10/22/07, Gabe Wachob <gabe.wachob at amsoft.net> wrote:
> 3) the community calls the spec final and a contributor raises a potential
> patent infringement issue, and since the community has already implemented
> and deployed 2.0, the patent owner has more leverage because the costs of
> "engineering around" the claims in the patent have gone way up because of
> already-deployed software.

In order for this to be a concern, there needs to be a party who currently:
 1. has a patent that the spec infringes upon
 -- and --
 2. intends to claim infringement it if the spec is released without
an IPR agreement in place
 -- and --
 3. would be party to the IPR agreement

Did I get this right?

Josh



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