[OpenID] OpenID and the promise of profit

[SitG Admin]

>I do think it shows that the mantra about non-commercialism is 
>somewhat of a sham (and shams are never good news ), as folks ARE 
>making money or gaining value from the technology indirectly. I 
>don't think anyone is fooled on this.

I prefer to think of this as a more of a "profit of opportunity" than 
a deliberate deception - at least for some of us. I don't think 
OpenID (or the movement around it) BEGAN as an idea for how to make 
money.

>I also don't really understand why the policy continues to be in place.

Because some of us still believe in it?

>OpenID has obviously passed its tipping point and doesn't need 
>artificial idealistic constraints that could well make it miss the 
>window of mass exposure that fortune has granted the movement.

They may be idealistic but then again they may be in accordance with 
the intended spirit of the technology - the question is, will this 
community sell-out in the name of popularity and money, or accept a 
slower growth rate in exchange for keeping OpenID as it was 
originally meant to be?

-Shade