[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections

[Pat Cappelaere]

David,

But where do you stand?  Is something that you support or not?
What would you be pushing if you were on the board?
It seems that you may not have a strong opinion and just want to talk  
about it?
Pat.

On Dec 13, 2008, at 11:00 AM, David Recordon wrote:

> Hey Pat,
> I think it's something that is hard to predict the best answer to  
> and a decision that cannot be made by the OpenID community alone.   
> Getting to agreement between communities that we need a marketable  
> brand for the "open stack" is the first step.  The second is  
> deciding what that brand is.
>
> Just as the Data Portability group pissed off a lot of people by  
> saying that it would represent their technologies, I'm afraid that  
> if we unilaterally decide that OpenID will be this brand without  
> first spending time talking and working with others that the same  
> will occur.  It isn't just the OpenID community or Foundation to  
> decide that we want OpenID to be this brand, but a collective  
> decision between our community and a few others.
>
> If taken lightly, we will fail.
>
> --David
>
> On Dec 13, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>
>> I actually was hoping that more candidates would articulate their  
>> positions on that matter :(
>> Raising a question is not quite sufficient.
>> Sorry :(
>> But I would like to thank Tom for declaring his position.
>> Pat.
>>
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2008, at 5:31 AM, David Recordon wrote:
>>
>>> And this is the million dollar question! :)
>>>
>>> Should OpenID become the brand of the overall Open Stack or be a  
>>> piece of technology that makes up a new brand.
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>>>
>>>> The question was about the branding position of the new board.
>>>> I am not sure that the OIDF could take over that Open Stack and  
>>>> brand
>>>> it... Or this is what you are advocating?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pat.
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Allen Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Pat,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this question about branding, or a question about the  
>>>>> underlying
>>>>> protocols and technologies?
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as branding is concerned, my personal belief is that there
>>>>> should be a single Open Stack Brand that includes OpenID, OAuth,
>>>>> XRD, Portable Contacts, XMPP, and other complimentary protocols.
>>>>> Most of the news articles that I've seen about Facebook Connect
>>>>> refer to OpenID as the open alternative to Connect, but OpenID  
>>>>> as a
>>>>> technology is just a small component of the stack that is needed  
>>>>> to
>>>>> mimic Connect. Given that OpenID is already perceived to be the  
>>>>> Open
>>>>> Stack, it might make sense to just group them all into one brand
>>>>> under OpenID name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking as an engineer, in my opinion, it's far more important to
>>>>> actually build and deploy an integrated solution than it is to  
>>>>> worry
>>>>> about branding. That being said, a solution called OpenID/OAuth/ 
>>>>> XRD/
>>>>> PoCo/XMPP/XFN/hCard deserves a catchy name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Allen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>>>>>> I would really like to hear from the candidates about OpenID
>>>>>> branding  and their position on possible brand extension with  
>>>>>> OAuth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is their brand definition for OpenID and whether or not  
>>>>>> OAuth
>>>>>> would be a natural extension?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really like the discussion that started with Eran and Johannes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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