I'm Kentaro Sakamoto from Verisign Japan. I added Ishikawa-san who is in charge of technical research function in Verisign Japan.
--- Kentaro Sakamoto Manager Product Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] VeriSign®--------------Where it all comes together. 8-1 Yaesu 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0028 Japan > -----Original Message----- > From: David Recordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:38 AM > To: Drummond Reed; [email protected]; Nobuhiro Seki; Sakimura > Nat; Kentaro Sakamoto; Anh Kiêt; Ted Cho; Frans Thamura; Steve Han > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > 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 > > > > >
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