I don't think there is. To the extent there ever was, we've tried very hard to address that uncertainty, and I think we've done a good job.

When I see people take swipes at XRI based on rumors or without citing facts, I call it FUD. That's what this is.

-Gabe

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From: mark...@gmail.com [mailto:mark...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Markus Sabadello Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:57 AM To: Gabe Wachob Cc: xr...@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [xri] Avoid XRI!

XRI comes with a great deal of patent licensing uncertainty?

Why that?

Markus

On 7/26/07, Gabe Wachob < [1]gabe...@amsoft.net> wrote:

[2]http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/06/ieee-ic-decentralized-identity-weitzner.html

It's a little disappointing to see FUD like this from Danny Weitzner, but I'm not surprised the drumbeat is continuing from the W3C...

"Finally, avoid centralized registries. The Web's hallmark is that anyone cancreate a Web page, without payment, permission, or registration with any centralized entity. (Of course the Internet depends on the Domain Name System, which ICANN manages, but this single registry should be enough.) Some have proposed adding a newkind of URI, called an [3]XRI , to the OpenID standards. XRIs require registration with a central authority, and the technology comes with a great deal of patent licensingun certainty. There's no reason to have to register XRIs with a new ICANN-like entity when we already have enough addressing services on the Internet to support other kinds of URIs. Such bottlenecks should be avoided at all costs."

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