>It's great that you have set this up, but wouldn't it be better if people didn't have to sign up to access it, or that if you want them to sign up, that they didn't have to use Passport to do so? I'm sure that this will put a number of people off of joining as I know a number of people who avoid these sort of things.

You do not have to be a member in order to download and use any of the free files, it is only needed for posting messages online like many other forums (like here on the UT, the MSDN Feedback center, etc.). Anyone can download the SednaX project files and use them without being a member or having a Passport account.