[OpenID] JanRain library licensing (was: Re: On OpenID 2.0)

[Chris Messina]

Can you expand on what you didn't like. You're certainly fine to write
your own, but we're openly wondering whether another PHP
implementation really makes sense or if we can tweak the existing
library to better fit your needs.

If not, no problem.

Chris


On 5/3/07, Dries Buytaert <dries at buytaert.net> wrote:
> We're working towards including http://drupal.org/project/openid into
> Drupal core.
>
> We didn't like the libraries that were provided, so it's taking us
> some extra time to rewrite those.
>
>
> On 02 May 2007, at 22:07, Chris Messina wrote:
> > That's what I figured. Thanks.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 5/2/07, Josh Hoyt <josh at janrain.com> wrote:
> >> On 5/2/07, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Is it possible to release the JanRain license under GPL-then? And,
> >> > this might be the larger sticking point, offer it with Drupal code
> >> > style (seems doubtful)?
> >>
> >> All earlier library releases were GPL. We'd dual-license it if that
> >> would help. Adhering the the coding style of a particular project
> >> would not be feasible (because then we'd have to do that for e.g.
> >> MediaWiki and PHPBB as well). We'd welcome patches if they made the
> >> library *less* tied to a particular idiom or easier to integrate with
> >> applications.
> >>
> >> Josh
> >>
> >
> >
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