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[Martin Matthiesen <martin.matthiesen AT csc.fi>]

Hello,
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tomasz Wolniewicz" <twoln AT umk.pl>
> To: edugain-discuss AT geant.net
> Sent: Monday, 1 December, 2014 15:02:20
> Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] eduGAIN and non "academic" IdPs

> Hi,
> I started wondering why we have this discussion, except because it is
> an interesting topic. We are trying to solve a use case which, as far as
> I can recall has not been defined.

The original problem was that eduGAIN has commercial IdPs in their ranks and 
what to do about that. It evolved to a discussion about attribute semantics, 
specifically EPA.

> I would really be interested in what
> motivates the given SP to limit its service to a loosely defined group
> of users. What would this SP loose by opening itself to the entire human
> population?

I this case it is about a newspaper text corpus from a major publisher in 
Finland that is easier to make available to academics only than to the 
general population. IPR is connected to access here. Free for all would 
either not have been possible or expensive.

[...]

Martin