Sam, Ok. What should we do about OpenSAML? Since we are facing a problem here.
Thanks, dims --- Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Davanum Srinivas wrote: > > Andrew, > > > > Since Web Services = Legal Mine field...Getting the license for Apache will ensure >that Apache > as > > a Legal Entity will be protected and that the coding can go on for now. There are >2 JSR's in > the > > jcp and WS-Security spec in OASIS that will need this as well. > > > > Am not sure there anything else we can do in this situation. Am afraid this >problem is going > to > > crop up up more and more in the future. > > Please don't overgeneralize. > > I don't believe that SOAP or WSDL or JAX RPC are legal mine fields. > Every few months or so, however, a conspiracy theory shows up on > Slashdot or the Register or ScriptingNews that IBM or Microsoft or RSA > or whoever is undermining web services with patents. > > I very much want Apache to be a safe haven from this. To put this > another way, I want people to be able to come to Apache without concern > for putting their own Intellectual Property at risk. > > Once we muddy the waters, people will feel that they will have to > scrutinize everything from Apache more carefully as they can't trust us > to police ourselves. > > What can we do? We can say yes to projects which aren't encumbered by > such restrictions and no to projects which are. Hopefully, this will > get some to change, and perhaps in other cases we will find safer > alternatives. > > - Sam Ruby > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
