Adding a few more cc's to this thread for people who might not be on this list, but have expressed interest in this conversation.
I too would lean toward options 3 or 4. One thing I like about option 4 (assuming we understand what it takes to make happen) is that policies around IPR, trademark, membership, etc would also apply to members in Asia. I foresee this making things simpler in the future though really am interested in opinions from others. :) --David On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Drummond Reed wrote: > David, > > I tend towards options 3 or 4 if there is the momentum to support > them. But, > as you say, it really comes down to the interest and motivations of > companies and organizations in Japan. Nat is probably in the best > position > to speak to that. > > =Drummond > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >> Of David Recordon >> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:00 PM >> To: [email protected]; Nobuhiro Seki; Sakimura Nat; Kentaro Sakamoto >> Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
