Re: Oauth blog post

["Murray S. Kucherawy" <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:21 AM, SM <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Hannes,
>
> At 12:19 PM 7/29/2012, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
>
>> The IETF allows open participation and, as such, everyone, including
>> companies that develop enterprise software, are free to participate in the
>> discussions.
>>
>> Do you think open participation is wrong?
>>
>
> It depends on what open participation means in the above.  If it is open
> participation by companies, I don't have any problem with it as long as the
> relevant BCPs are updated to reflect that.


I think it's impossible to determine with certainty whether someone
standing at the mic and asserting a position is doing so based on what an
employer is insisting on doing, or that person's opinion.

We purport to participate as individuals.  It's entirely possible that a
person's opinion happens to concur with her employer's opinion rather than
being told what to say.  Does that mean the corporation is the participant
and not the person?

So when I hear these sorts of allegations of corporate domination of the
standards process, I have to wonder how true they are.  I have a pretty big
corporate name on my badge this time, but I'm not here pushing any specific
agenda I was given.

-MSK