Re: [Evolution] PGP/Encryption? (and X.509)

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

Why is it not okay to use libnss from Mozilla? libnss means that we can
have cleaner code and it'd probably be more secure as well.

If the OpenSSL guys ever change the license to be GPL compatable, then
I'll consider using it. Otherwise the answer will remain "no".

Jeff

On 07 Mar 2001 08:28:17 -0500, Michael Gerdts wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 09:31:36AM +1030, Not Zed wrote:
> > We cannot use openssl due to licensing, we are going to use NSS instead.
> > However, S/MIME is to be worked on very soon at least.
>
> It depends on how it is implemented...  If all the functionality is
> implemented as calls into openssl's crypto library (or other source), then
> this is an issue.
>
> If if the openssl command is used, I don't think that it is an issue.  That
> is, evolution should be free to do the equivalent of 
>
>     system("openssl x509 ...")
>
> Right?
>
> I have no reason to prefer one implementation over the other.  I just want
> the functionality.
>
> Mike
>
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