Hi all, I'm trying to bring together a few different threads of conversation around formalizing OpenID in Japan. Six Apart KK, NRI, and VeriSign KK have been speaking for the past few months about the desire to both protect OpenID intellectual property in Japan as well as having an organization to promote and encourage adoption of OpenID via. So far there seem to be a few possibilities (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong): 1) Do not establish any legal entity or formal recognition of members of the OpenID Foundation from Japan 2) Do not establish a legal entity in Japan but somehow recognize members of the OpenID Foundation from Japan 3) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is not formally part of the OpenID Foundation, but is recognized like OpenID Europe Foundation 4) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is formally a part of the OpenID Foundation (eg Mozilla Europe)
Obviously there are various pros and cons to each choice, though we should also remember that the decision here will most likely dictate the outcome of future similar scenarios. I'd be especially interested in the views of the multi-national companies especially those also working with OpenID internationally. --David _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
