Re: Release plans

[Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>]

Hi,

"Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> What is libotr?

An encryption library that is mostly used by instant messengers.

> What precisely is it license status?

The Off-the-Record Messaging library (in the src directory) is
covered by the following (LGPL) license:

    Off-the-Record Messaging library
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008  Ian Goldberg, Chris Alexander, Nikita
    Borisov
                     <otr@cypherpunks.ca>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General
    Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    There is a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License in the
    COPYING.LIB file packaged with this library; if you cannot find it,
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite
    330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA

The Off-the-Record Messaging Toolkit (in the toolkit directory) is
covered
by the following (GPL) license:

    Off-the-Record Messaging Toolkit
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008  Ian Goldberg, Chris Alexander, Nikita
    Borisov
                     <otr@cypherpunks.ca>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
    published by the Free Software Foundation.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    There is a copy of the GNU General Public License in the COPYING
    file
    packaged with this toolkit; if you cannot find it, write to the Free
    Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
    02111-1307  USA

> There may be something here that I ought to do, once I understand
> the facts.

	Hannes