Well done!! Thanks for all the hard work everyone that contributed to finalizing these specs put it!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Johannes Ernst</b> <<a href="mailto:jernst+openid.net@netmesh.us">
jernst+openid.net@netmesh.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Seems like nobody actually made the announcement to this list, so I
<br>might as well because it needs to be made ...<br><br>This morning, at Internet Identity Workshop, after the last remaining<br>Non-Assertion Agreement was signed, Open ID Authentication 2.0 and<br>Attribute Exchange 1.0
were declared final. The website has been<br>updated to reflect this.<br><br>This is important not just because of new specifications, but because<br>it clarifies the so far rather unclear intellectual property / patent<br>
circumstances of these two specs as well as several previous specs. In<br>a nutshell, you can now implement all OpenID and Yadis specifications<br>without being afraid that contributors will sue you over patents,<br>unless you sue them. (disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and I'm not giving
<br>legal advice.)<br><br>The details of the IPR have been posted at<br> <a href="http://openid.net/foundation/intellectual-property/">http://openid.net/foundation/intellectual-property/</a><br><br>Thanks to the editors of the specs, all individuals and companies
<br>spending substantial time energy on the IPR process, the prodding and<br>cajoling, and not insignificant legal fees, the members of the board,<br>and the entire community.<br><br>It's done! Now on to new great deeds! ;-)
<br><br>Cheers,<br><br><br><br>Johannes.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>general mailing list<br><a href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</a><br><a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general">
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