OSSI Kickoff material (F2F Berlin)

Task I. Complete a public directory of Open Source identity products in the scope of KI

List technologies and associated specifications

Generic tools (XML, DTD, namespaces, HTTP server/Client, X509, Cryptography)
XML Security (XML signature, encryption, WS-Security)
Identity backends (LDAP, DB, text files), provisionning (SPML) and synchronization (meta-directories)

For open specifications, which IPR.

List existing certifications of specification implementations

Structure the whole picture with categories and products

Personnal Web SSO and attribute sharing (OpenId)
Authentication delegation, certified personal data and access delegation to trusted services (SAML, IDWSF)
Personal data management and access delegation to personal services (OpenID, OAUTH, UMA)

Identity Providers (may be SAML, openID, STS)
Identity selectors, claims-agent, Identity-in the-cloud agent, Identity-in-the-browser, etc.

Define characteristics for evaluation (produce evaluation matrix)

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 1-2 products per month

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

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 :

About 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 software?

Publish news of the OSSIWG
Provide general explanations and pointers on the main references of opensource (open source licence directories, etc.)
Periodic highlights from articles about open source (Blog?)
Move toward a webzine, with a reviewing committee that publishes works related to open source software, with special issues (e.g. a new tech, green IT, etc.)

Coordinate with other workgroups
Provide news to communities: linuxfr.org, etc.
Participate to open source and free software events: FOSDEM, RMLL, Solutions Linux, JDLL, etc.