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Re: [OAUTH-WG] register prefixes as opposed to full parameter names

Justin Richer <jricher@mitre.org> Tue, 06 July 2010 18:10 UTC

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> > When receiving an OAuth request MediaWiki will have two title parameters,
> > the damage is already done.
> 
> Yes, they might need to change their platform to support it. I'm ok with that.

I think this is an unfortunate hubris of the spec-defining community
here. For most people, if it comes down to "change my platform or don't
support oauth", the answer is going to be "don't support oauth". 

 -- Justin

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