Happy to have the conversation. My experience serving on a number of no-profit boards is that groups like to have their independence and tight focus on what they are trying to accomplish. I could see OAuth being part of OpenID given the common constituents and technology -- but have a hard time seeing OpenSocial and Microformats.
My $0.02 worth ... keen to hear other opinions. -- Dick On 26-Mar-08, at 11:34 AM, David Recordon wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
