Andrew, Sam, Is this a -1 for OpenSAML? Please clarify.
Thanks, dims --- "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 - very well said. > > > 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] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
