Kickoff material (F2F Berlin)

Complete a public directory of Open Source identity products mapped to the Kantara workgroups

1. Define categories of products in the scope of KI

Technologies :

2. Define Access Control policy (allowing definition of WS-policy or XACML documents)

(Define if it is an open specifications, which IPR.)

Characteristics for evaluation :

3. Study open source software and complete an objective review :

4. OSSIWG Milestones & immediate Deliverables :

Vote to accept this work
Setup a wiki space for this task
Define the categories and existing open specifications and certifications
Make a non-exhaustive list candidate software
Setup the directory on the wiki (template for notes, functions to add comments and ratings...)
Advertise the beginning of the effort; recruit participants
Begin the survey: Objective 2 products per month

Conduct an annual survey within the community as to their feelings about open source, free software and OSSIWG initiatives

1. Sample questionnaire

General FAQs :

Do you think that there is a difference between open source and free software?
Have you ever heard about copyleft?
Have you already heard about software license that provide "contamination"?
Have you already heard about "prophylaxis" concerning a software?
Do you know the name Apache License?
Do you know the Apache license in the sense that you know how you can develop with an existing software with that license?
Do you know the name MIT License?
Do you know the MIT license in the sense that you know how you can develop with an existing software with that license?
Do you know the name BSD License?
Do you know the BSD license in the sense that you know how you can develop with an existing software with that license?
Do you know the name GNU GPL License?
Do you know the GNU GPL license in the sense that you know how you can develop with an existing software with that license?Do you know the difference between GPL and AGPL license?

Questions to businesses with open source and free software :

Do you work for a company that edit softwares?
Does you company practice paying license software?
Does you company has open source software?
If yes, which license?
According to you, why could be the main reason for a company to do open source?
Promote a technology and its adoption
Transparency/benefit on user trustworthiness
Prove the quality of the code
Improve the company ecosystem
Contributing to common wealth
Other reasons
Do you think that exists a business model for companies doing only open source software?
Have you ever bought a software license?
Did you pay for its use only in mind?
Or, did you pay for the bug corrections/updates?
Did you pay thinking that you had no other choice?
Do you think that, for the same functionalities, a paying license software is more secure that an open source software ?
Do you think that main free software are as well maintained as software with paying license (bugs are regularly corrected, functionalities are added, etc.)?
Do you think that, to maintain a software, it is more interesting to contract directly with a free software maintainer than to pay a license software?

Identity products :

2. OSSIWG :

Did you know this WG before you were asked to answer this survey?
If yes, are you a WG member?
If not, do you plan to register?
If not, do you plan to register?
If yes, have you read public production of the OSSIWG?
Do you think that Kantara Initiative is a relevant actor to publish some works about open source?

2. OSSIWG Milestones & immediate Deliverables :

Provide general explanations and pointers on the main references
Periodic highlights from articles about open source (Blog?)
Move toward a free online magazine, with a reviewing committee that publishes works related to open source software---emphasizing technology, green IT, etc.

1. OSSIWG Milestones & immediate Deliverables :