Re: [Evolution] SSL Options

["Joseph F. Dries III" <joseph dries dcsquared com>]

Alexander Russell wrote:
> [Evoluion],
>
> Some time ago I wrote a note to the Evolution mailing list encouraging
> the inclusion of in-line support for SSL. Unfortunately, the OpenSSL
> code appears under a BSD-style license (which is incompatible with the
> GPL). I am unsure about the status of Netscape's SSL code (portions of
> Mozilla are being released under GPL).

Mozilla's NSS and S/MIME libraries (which combined provide both SSL v2,
SSL v3, TLS 1.0, along with S/MIME and X.509 capability) are dual
licensed MPL and GPL. This happened before the Mozilla browser/platform
dual licensing occured.

> 2. Is anyone familiar enough with the Mozilla GPL selection to know if
> SSL code is included? If so, can it be reused?

It is. It's under GPL, so it's just a matter of looking through the API
and making everthing talk.

-j

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