[wp-hackers] GSoC 2009 Ideas: Open ID integration with Wordpress & Template Versioning

[Beau Lebens]

[SNIP]
>  so until Wordpress.com becomes an OpenID
> provider, I don't see WordPress supporting OpenID in core, especially while
> the fight over federated login/identity is still being waged.

WordPress.com is already an OpenID provider, and has been for quite
some time: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/openid/