[fab] OpenID: an actually distributed identity system

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 19:47 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 18:23 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> 
> > Its not the requirement of the CLA itself for the wiki that is a big 
> > problem but the process. If it's just a click through method I suspect 
> > we wouldnt have any complaints at all.
> 
> The requirement we are meeting with the GPG signing is to provide a
> higher likelihood that the new account holder is actually who they say
> they are.
> 
> No promises, but I bet a valid OpenID would suffice for the proof.  The
> CLA could then be just a click-through.
> 

from what I've read there's no cryptographic signature of any type with
openid.

We might want to make sure that's valid for legal purposes.
-sv