Nicola, Folks, Here's the latest from RSA - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services/200302/msg00036.html
Thanks, dims --- Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Davanum Srinivas wrote, On 17/02/2003 16.23: > > Incubator Folks, > > > > We (PMC@WS) had a VOTE for accepting OpenSAML as part of Web Services project. >Here are the > > results. > > > > +1 from 12 members. Zero -1 or -0 or +0 votes. > > Excellent. > > > What should we do next. Please advise. > > The only thing that I'd want to nail down is the license issue. > > Below is what seems the last mail on this subject on this list. > Reading that, I tend to think that the incubator, at this point, is > capable of taking a formal position on this matter, and we should > probably ask the board. > > What do other incubator PMCers think of it? > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Revised OpenSAML proposal > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:23:33 -0500 > From: Scott Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: The Ohio State University > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "A" license? What does this mean, that Apache has a license but all > > > users of it need to ask for one too? %-| > > > > i think you'd need to ask an IPR lawyer this. > > The RSA position up to this point is that vendors of toolkits not only > need to get a license, but also notify their customers that > they must acquire one. So Apache gets one to distribute this code, and > then provides the notice to users. > > The *rumor* is that they may be changing their mind about this special > toolkit case, but that's not anything more than rumor. > > The fundamental issue is that there is *no* license to get yet. It > doesn't exist, the process doesn't exist, etc. We've been > distributing code, Sun has shipping products, RSA and Phaos and others > have toolkits, etc. > > So there just isn't much ground to stand on yet. > > > maybe someone at the ASF needs to approach RSA officially and > > find out what their position is. > > Many others are already doing this within the SSTC, and we will > communicate that we're getting even more anxious on the call next > week. > > -- Scott > > -- > Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - verba volant, scripta manent - > (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
