Ok, thanks for the clarification. Even better then: the motion really comes down to what Dewitt just outlined -- that the foundation is cool with (i.e. "knows about and endorses") having OpenID^tm used on the Google Code site.
Chris On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM, DeWitt Clinton <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, I'm all in favor of this and I'm happy to flip the bit and add > members to project ASAP. I simply want to ensure that, from a trademark > perspective, the OIDF officially knows about and endorses this use. It's > not actually granting Google any rights -- it's just saying that the OIDF is > cool with its members using 'openid.googlecode.com' to host some work. > (So if I had a vote, it'd be +1.) > > -DeWitt > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Chris Messina > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We've batted around the idea of moving the OpenID libraries to Google Code >> for some time [1] and I'd like to make a motion to make this happen. >> My goals are to: >> >> 1. increase the visibility of and convenience of access to the OpenID >> libraries >> 2. increase activity and community involvement in contributions to the >> OpenID libraries >> 3. make use of more collaboration-friendly source control systems >> (GitHub can be used as a feeder to the mainline Google Code repo) >> 4. make sure that we have a transparent mechanism for recording and >> assigning bugs (OpenIDEnabled.com's trac setup returns a 404 for the login >> page: http://trac.openidenabled.com/trac/login, and an account is >> required to submit new tickets) >> 5. move away from darcs for simply checking out copies of the >> libraries >> 6. etc. >> >> So, this motion boils down to granting Google the right to use the OpenID >> trademark on the Google Code project. >> >> If this motion passes, Dewitt will unlock the project and assign myself, >> Dave Recordon, Will Norris, Luke Shepard and Brian Ellin as the initial >> project admins. >> >> I will commit to migrating the content on OpenIDEnabled.com to either the >> Google Code wiki or the OpenID wiki itself. >> >> So, with that, I look forward to your +1's. >> >> Chris >> >> [1] http://openid.net/pipermail/board/2009-March/001964.html >> >> -- >> Chris Messina >> Open Web Advocate >> >> Website: http://factoryjoe.com >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina >> Facebook: http://facebook.com/chrismessina >> >> Diso Project: http://diso-project.org >> OpenID Foundation: http://openid.net >> >> This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private >> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > -- Chris Messina Open Web Advocate Website: http://factoryjoe.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina Facebook: http://facebook.com/chrismessina Diso Project: http://diso-project.org OpenID Foundation: http://openid.net This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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