[OpenID] OpenID in India - What stops you from using OpenID?

[Dick Hardt]

On 26-Jun-08, at 7:57 AM, Martin Paljak wrote:
>>> 3)     No Patent -Open ID is a free framework (without any patent ),
>>> which can be implemented by anyone (even hackers and phishers), this
>>> makes it very vulnerable for hackers and users tend to have limited
>>> trust in such applications. No wonder the user base is still very
>>> low for it.
>
> It's only a matter of time before any closed or 'patented' technology
> is broken by some curious good or malicious bad guy. I don't
> understand how a patented or not-free technology could catch up faster
> than a open and free one? Make a test. Have a party with free beer and
> 10€/pint beer and see which has a bigger user base.

Bad example. The free beer party will have any yahoo (pun intended)  
looking for free beer. The party where people pay will have people  
there because they want to be there. Your test demonstrates the value  
of paying for something. I don't think that is what you intended.

wrt. patents: there likely are numerous patents that read on the  
OpenID specs

I agree conclusion (3) is perplexing. From what I have seen, the web  
is a pretty big userbase and it is a free framework.

-- Dick