[OpenID] JanRain library licensing

[James Walker]

On 5/10/07 11:00 PM, Dick Hardt wrote:
> 
> On 10-May-07, at 8:40 PM, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> 
>> # I'll close with this too - as someone who has implemented a lot of
>> # "open specs" in the past couple years - having multiple
>> # implementations in the wild is actually a very good thing... I've
>> # found anyway. Helps make sure we're reading and writing to the spec
>> # appropriately ...
>>
>> It's true that having lots of people try to implement a spec is one
>> way to see whether it's well-written, etc.  But it's a sensitive issue
>> for the OpenID community because we have to manage *perception* of the
>> technology whose audience is *not* developers, so it does matter
>> whether all the fledgling implementations actually *work*.  It'd be
>> nicer if we didn't have to worry about users, but users are the whole
>> point.  And scaring them away because OpenID only works on 50% of
>> sites that claim to support it, or -- worse yet -- has security
>> problems specific to those sites is definitely something to be
>> concerned about, and that's a reason to advocate re-use (forgetting
>> programmer dogma).
>>
>> I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but I just wanted to point
>> that out.
> 
> Some interop activity would be really useful to sort out the issues.

consider it officially underway - at the very least between Drupal (me)
and myopenid.com :)

I'd love to see more 2.0 (implementer's draft 11) OP's out there too for
testing.

> The 2.0 spec is much larger because of the many clarifications that
> became obvious as others implemented.

Yup and we hopped in on it several revisions ago ... I'll do what I can
to keep the Drupal community aware of current status. But, we've not
released anything as "final" - and won't until it's right. Lest we be
referred to as "fledgling" ;)
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