Joomla, OpenID & 5000$ Integration Bounty

baiyian · **Joined:** Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:29 pm **Posts:** 13

Salutations to all,
As I was reading on digital identity, I found out the OpenID people & al. put up what they call a Code Bounty (5000$) for all real open source project that will integrate OpenID. As I read earlier in the forum, OpenID seemed a desired option. I'm posting snippet of their requirements:

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Bounty Eligibility*

We are hoping that in addition to the following requirements we will have the open source community nominate projects that they would like to see included in the bounty. To participate in the bounty, you must:
* Distribute under an OSI-approved license.
* Have at least 200,000 public internet users and 5,000 downloads per month.
* Implement OpenID 2.0 support as a Relying Party (RP) or Identity Provider (IdP).
* Pass the OpenID compliance testing tool (to be released in August 2006).
* Make enabling OpenID no more difficult than changing one configuration setting (there can be more optional configuration settings).
* Distribute the implementation as part of the project's core (it cannot be an additional download or patch).
* Place an OpenID logo in the signon form (as on this site).
* Answer "What is OpenID?" (or link to an answer) near the signon form.

*These criteria may be subject to minor changes and clarifications.

Interested, yet? Wait, there is more to it! They also explicitly said they would dearly like to see specific open source project make use of OpenID as they see them as a perfect fit. Guessing which open source project they mentioned? Take a look at below:

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Suggested Projects

We'd really like to see OpenID included in these projects:

* Drupal
* Joomla :-*

* Mailman
* MediaWiki
* phpBB
* Plone
* Slashcode
* WordPress

Neat! Isn't it ?!? Well folks, I simply wished to bring this to your attention if you deem this worth your interest and time. You can find more info about this code bounty on their website. Since I have just a few post on this forum and I'm not sure if I can post a URL or note down one (not well aware of the forum rules for the moment). I'll simply write it down later if requested (and allowed).

Cheers,
Etienne

eyezberg · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:00 pm

The devs know and seem interested, check out artf1505 here:
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/tracker/do/l ... iority=all

Nice bounty, just don't like the requiered "branding"

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* Place an OpenID logo in the signon form (as on this site).
* Answer "What is OpenID?" (or link to an answer) near the signon form.

baiyian · **Joined:** Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:29 pm **Posts:** 13

I agree with you, eyezberg. The prize seems to come with strings attached. I noted this feature was considered. I simply wished to bring to everyone's attention the bounty initiative. Might be an opportunity or might be not. The development team is more about to know than me about this, hence my post. Being well informed can be useful!

Since OpenID seemed fond of Joomla (their blog relates this as well), I believe it does give Joomla people an additional leverage if needed.

All in all, if it can be useful, it's all good!

Best,
Etienne

akede · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:34 am

Hi folks,

it isn't that simple - but we are on it ;-)

Alex

baiyian · **Joined:** Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:29 pm **Posts:** 13

Thanks for dropping by, Alex! Kind of you to echo our chat!

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it isn't that simple

Surely believe you on this one!

Cheers,

Jinx · **Joined:** Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:47 am **Posts:** 6429

More info on the progress can be found in the following thread : http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,117406.30.html

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