Comments on: Improving my vision: Some views on Microsoft’s Open Specification Promise http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thought Leadership http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-59172 Thought Leadership Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:08:27 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/#comment-59172 <strong>Maybe open source isn't all that open?...</strong> Tom Elrod of JBoss suggests... Maybe open source isn’t all that open?…

Tom Elrod of JBoss suggests…

]]> By: Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog » Jamie Lewis on Open Specification Promise http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-9025 Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog » Jamie Lewis on Open Specification Promise Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:01:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/#comment-9025 [...] As has been widely reported, Microsoft announced its Open Specification Promise last week. A lot of folks have already posted about it (see here, here, and here ). But, given the overall importance of the announcement to the identity community, I wanted to make our thoughts on the subject known, and to give credit where it’s due. (Note: This entry is cross posted at both my blog and our new Identity and Privacy Strategies blog.) In summary, Microsoft has decided to offer the Open Specification Promise (OSP) for the Web services protocols that support CardSpace in particular, and the InfoCards architecture in general. The OSP provides an alternative to Microsoft’s “reasonable and non discriminatory/royalty free” (RAND/RF) licensing agreement, which most open source developers didn’t like. As I understand it, the OSP essentially provides an assurance that Microsoft won’t sue anyone implementing the specifications covered by the document. So developers don’t even have to agree to a license; they can implement the covered specifications without fear of being sued. (With certain, mostly comprehensible exceptions.) [...] [...] As has been widely reported, Microsoft announced its Open Specification Promise last week. A lot of folks have already posted about it (see here, here, and here ). But, given the overall importance of the announcement to the identity community, I wanted to make our thoughts on the subject known, and to give credit where it’s due. (Note: This entry is cross posted at both my blog and our new Identity and Privacy Strategies blog.) In summary, Microsoft has decided to offer the Open Specification Promise (OSP) for the Web services protocols that support CardSpace in particular, and the InfoCards architecture in general. The OSP provides an alternative to Microsoft’s “reasonable and non discriminatory/royalty free” (RAND/RF) licensing agreement, which most open source developers didn’t like. As I understand it, the OSP essentially provides an assurance that Microsoft won’t sue anyone implementing the specifications covered by the document. So developers don’t even have to agree to a license; they can implement the covered specifications without fear of being sued. (With certain, mostly comprehensible exceptions.) [...]

]]> By: Andrew Yeomans http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 Andrew Yeomans Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:38:35 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/13/improving-my-vision-some-views-on-microsofts-open-specification-promise/#comment-7768 See Jerry Fishenden's suggestion http://ntouk.com/?view=plink&id=135 of a Creative-Commons-style approach to a Data Protection licence. Jerry also has suggested the same approach could be made for software licences and EULAs. See Jerry Fishenden’s suggestion http://ntouk.com/?view=plink&id=135 of a Creative-Commons-style approach to a Data Protection licence. Jerry also has suggested the same approach could be made for software licences and EULAs.

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