[OpenID] OpenID license

[Chris Messina]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Melvin Carvalho
<melvincarvalho at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> One final question:
>
> Supposing someone were to make an authentication protocol, say, usable in
> the browser.  Not using the OpenID brand, but perhaps sharing some
> philosophical ideas.
>
> If this protocol were released under an open source license, would it be
> safe from OpenID contributor patents?
>

Again, IANAL and this is my interpretation of things, but unless you get a
non-assert from the relevant patent holders (of *any* patented
authentication protocols) you're on your own.

That is, if you infringed on patents held by OpenID contributors, it'd be up
to you to receive a license (or equal non-assert) for the relevant IP that
you've implemented in order to "be safe from OpenID contributor patents".

Chris

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