[OpenID] A selector for OpenID

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

Johannes Ernst:
> In defense of JanRain, I'd say that as the OpenID Foundation, so far  
> we have given insufficient guidance on which domain names or product  
> names are okay and which aren't.
>
> In defense of the foundation, I'd say that we are only a few steps in  
> the process of obtaining the trademark registrations that gives us the  
> power to actually mean what we say (which is why we haven't said  
> much...)
>
> So among friends, I'd like to encourage JanRain to perhaps find  
> another really cool domain name *before* lots of people use it and  
> hard-code their links to it -- after all, we'd all hate having to rip  
> it out once it is really adopted by many sites ... and I'm sure we all  
> agree that the resources of the OpenID Foundation as well as the  
> OpenID community should be spent on better things than on (avoidable)  
> trademark issues.
>
>   

Not sure if you can enforce that. As long as it doesn't say only 
"OpenID" I belive it's not enforceable at all. Then what about 
spread*openid*.org, my*openid*.com, *openid*.org, *openid*.yahoo.com, 
*openid*enabled.com, *openid*directory.com, *openid*.sun.com, 
*openid*.cn, *openid*france.fr, *openid*.pl, *openid*.trustbearer.com, 
*openid*source.org

BTW, http://openid.net/ shows a logo with content OpenID.net and no 
trademark symbols at all ® or ™....this is not enforcing trademarks at all!!

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