[OpenID] OpenID license

[Nat Sakimura]

Actually, I have asked the same thing long time ago when we started
translation project at OIDF-J since it was a blocking issue. We should
fix it ASAP, but that means OIDF needs to decide on what Copyright
license.

=nat

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems worth clarifying this situation -- if only because I was personally surprised to not see a clear license on the docs themselves (copyright, specifically).
>
> Any reason why we haven't taken 10 minutes to make that change?
>
> Nathan -- are you blocked by not having a clear [copyright] license on the specs?
>
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apparently, it is full3978. It is written in the spec XML.
>>
>> Having said that, I prefer to have additional license such as CC.
>>
>> Also note that all the wiki contents are  under GNU Free Documentation License.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Nathan <nathan at webr3.org> wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link, I actually checked that before I sent the mail
>>> yesterday, and I'm familiar with the patent non assert agreement.
>>>
>>> However, really, where's the license? I've tried looking everywhere and the
>>> best I can find is this thread from 2 years ago:
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public/browse_thread/thread/86a0351f525a53d9
>>> which explains things better, but still that thread ends with:
>>> 'It would take all of 10 minutes for the OpenID foundation to say "this
>>> spec is at-the-least copyright us and redistributable under the CC
>>> Share-Alike License" and drop that license onto the specs and on the
>>> site's IP policies page -- which I'm hoping they finally do.'
>>>
>>> He's right, it would take all of 10 minutes, certainly not 2 years - so
>>> where is the license - what's stopping this from happening? I *really* don't
>>> follow here.
>>>
>>> aside: on the intellectual property page you have 'These documents are
>>> listed below as well as available here.' But there's no list below and the
>>> 'here' link returns a 'You don't have permission to access /ipr/ on this
>>> server.'
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> David Recordon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Nathan, you can find the OpenID Foundation's IPR policy at
>>>> http://openid.net/intellectual-property/. All of the contributors to those
>>>> specifications signed non-assertion agreements.
>>>>
>>>> --David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Nathan <nathan at webr3.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to find what license the following spec's are released under:
>>>>>
>>>>> OpenID Authentication 2.0
>>>>> OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0
>>>>> OpenID Provider Authentication Policy Extension 1.0
>>>>> OpenID Authentication 1.1
>>>>> OpenID Simple Registration Extension 1.0
>>>>>
>>>>> I've searched them all for any mention of license, patent, royalty and
>>>>> similar and found nothing at all?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are the spec's and technologies all completely public domain, if not
>>>>> which
>>>>> license(s) are they covered by?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>
>>>>> Nathan
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