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Re: [egit-dev] Google Summer of Code (GSOC) Participation
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tisdagen den 9 mars 2010 21.48.44 skrev Shawn O. Pearce:
> Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Creating simple and annotated unsigned tags is no problem. JGit has code
> > for that. Look for the Tag class and its presence in unit tests. Creating
> > signed tags requires PGP support. The only option I know of is Bouncy
> > Castle, which fortunately has a permissive license, so that should be
> > relatively straight forward.
>
> If we're going to require Bouncy Castle, we should file the CQ
> sooner rather than later, so the IP team has a chance to review it
> before the GSoC project starts.
>
Some partially disappointing reading in CQ 1141
https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1141
For those that cannot access IPZilla, a short summary is this:
Eclipse rejected g-eclipse's request for using BouncyCastle. The reason is
that BouncyCastle apparently contains code that is patented and possibly even
copyright-infringing(?), which means it cannot be used as-is. Getting a
license was
But there is hope: The Geronimo project ripped out the parts they need to work
around the IP issue. Reusing the geronimo jars would mean adapting to their
altered package layout. Might work since we only need this for very limited
use.
This CQ is roughly two years old, and I haven't checked things further,.
-- robin
