Creating this book has been quite the journey. Ever since we embarked on the project and started putting the outline together, we had a feeling it was going to take a lot more sweat than we could have ever been prepared for. We were more right than we realized at the time, and it’s with great pleasure that we are finally able to write this part, thanking the many people who helped make it happen. We can’t possibly name you all here, so accept our humble thanks even if your name isn’t listed here explicitly.
First off, this book would have never happened without the input and encouragement of the OAuth Working Group in the IETF and the larger OAuth and open standards communities. In particular, John Bradley and Hannes Tschofenig each provided invaluable input to the text at various points. Ian Glazer, William Dennis, Brian Campbell, Dick Hardt, Eve Maler, Mike Jones, and many others in the community encouraged us to create the book and helped provide important information to the internet. Aaron Parecki provided us space on oauth.net to not only talk about the book but also publish topical articles, including an early form of what became chapter 13. And special thanks to Ian for contributing the foreword and endorsing our work.