Re: Oauth blog post

[Hannes Tschofenig <[e-mail]>]

Hi SM, 

On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:21 AM, SM 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 believe you know what open participation in the IETF means. 

In fact, for the IETF openness means more than for many other SDOs where "open" means you can join if you pay a substantial amount of money every year. 

> At 11:14 AM 7/29/2012, Tschofenig, Hannes (NSN - FI/Espoo) wrote:
>> I would find it useful if anyone of you who likes to agree or disagree to have at least read the OAuth specification. I had noticed that many of those who share their valuable thoughts have not even spent the time to look at the document.
> 
> I wonder whether I read the OAuth2 specifications. :-)

I hope you did. I had also given various tutorials during IETF meetings...

Ciao
Hannes

> 
> Regards,
> -sm