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

[Chris Messina]

That's fair. I wonder though if it might be possible to abstract parts
to simply reduce the amount of redundant OpenID code in the wild. If
that's not possible, that's fine -- but my interest is in having
people have a consistent and optimal OpenID experience -- no matter
what platform they're on. As long as the Drupal library/implementation
stays up on current best practices and behaviors, then there's no
reason to continue this discussion and push for Drupal to use the
JanRain libraries.

Chris

On 5/4/07, Dries Buytaert <dries at buytaert.net> wrote:
>
> On 03 May 2007, at 21:00, Chris Messina wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Well, last time we checked the OpenID library, it was big. If I
> remember correctly, the OpenID library shipped with its own database
> abstraction layer, its own input sanitizing, etc, etc.  A framework
> like Drupal already provides all of that functionality and we didn't
> want to duplicate that.  Our current open ID module is 10 KB rather
> than 290 KB (in zipped format).  I think Drupal itself is 650 KB.
>
> --
> Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/
>
>


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