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From the News Desk
Wednesday, 26. March 2008
OpenSocial Foundation Gets Support from Yahoo
Yahoo, MySpace, and Google announced that they have agreed to form the OpenSocial Foundation to ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web.
The OpenSocial Foundation is an independent non-profit entity with a formal intellectual property and governance framework; related assets will be assigned to the new organization by first week of July, 2008. The foundation will provide transparency and operational guidelines around technology, documentation, intellectual property, and other issues related to the evolution of the OpenSocial platform, while also ensuring all stakeholders share influence over its future direction.
"OpenSocial has been a community-driven specification from the beginning," said Joe Kraus, Director of Product Management, Google. "The formation of this foundation will ensure that it remains so in perpetuity. Developers and websites should feel secure that OpenSocial will be forever free and open."
Google, MySpace and Yahoo have agreed to contribute technology to the OpenSocial Foundation under a "no assertion covenant," which means they won't seek to enforce any patents on the intellectual property, representatives told reporters during a teleconference. All companies joining the foundation would be expected to contribute technology under the Creative Commons copyright license.
A foundation Web site has been launched as the portal for the community. The site includes the latest specifications and links to other resources. In addition, a second site has been launched for people who wish to signup and join the effort.
The OpenSocial Foundation is an independent non-profit entity with a formal intellectual property and governance framework; related assets will be assigned to the new organization by first week of July, 2008. The foundation will provide transparency and operational guidelines around technology, documentation, intellectual property, and other issues related to the evolution of the OpenSocial platform, while also ensuring all stakeholders share influence over its future direction.
"OpenSocial has been a community-driven specification from the beginning," said Joe Kraus, Director of Product Management, Google. "The formation of this foundation will ensure that it remains so in perpetuity. Developers and websites should feel secure that OpenSocial will be forever free and open."
Google, MySpace and Yahoo have agreed to contribute technology to the OpenSocial Foundation under a "no assertion covenant," which means they won't seek to enforce any patents on the intellectual property, representatives told reporters during a teleconference. All companies joining the foundation would be expected to contribute technology under the Creative Commons copyright license.
A foundation Web site has been launched as the portal for the community. The site includes the latest specifications and links to other resources. In addition, a second site has been launched for people who wish to signup and join the effort.
