I think there is the possibility of a larger conversation around the role of a Foundation for technologies like OpenID, OpenSocial, OAuth, Microformats, etc. They all have very similar needs and fairly common backgrounds.
At least having a conversation around if this board is interested in seeing this Foundation grow in scope would be worthwhile IMHO. --David On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Dick Hardt wrote: > I don't know first hand, but I would have been shocked if they had > asked for their work to be part of OpenID. Besides having the word > open in the names and being internet related -- I see no overlap > between the goals of OpenSocial and OpenID. > > -- Dick > > On 26-Mar-08, at 11:10 AM, Johannes Ernst wrote: >> Could we have a few minutes on the call on Thursday to discuss the >> recent news about the founding of an OpenSocial foundation? >> >> I believe several of our board members may have first-hand knowledge >> about this. I'm particularly interested in understanding why they >> thought another foundation was needed, and how it should relate to >> the OpenID foundation in the future in their view. >> >> >> >> >> Johannes Ernst >> NetMesh Inc. >> >> >> <openid-relying-party-anonymous.gif> <lid.gif> http://netmesh.info/jernst >> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
