[JDEV] Re: Starting a jabber type client for my customers

[Julian Missig]

Jabberoo at least is LGPL, which should free you from those problems in 
most circumstances, I believe.

Julian

On 7 Jan, 2004, at 0:03, Wong, Charles wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> 	Reason why I want to start from scratch is simply because (correct
> if I'm wrong) I don't want any legal issues in the future with the
> developer(s) of the library(s) and with the GPL. I'd like what I'm
> developing to be sold with my jabber client integrated in the 
> application.
> I'll actually be more than happy if I don't have to start from the 
> utter
> beginning, but I just wanted to be safe than be sorry. Ya know? Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Charles Wong
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org] On Behalf 
> Of Tony
> Yat-Tung Cheung
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 22:54
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: [JDEV] Re: Starting a jabber type client for my customers
>
> Wong, Charles wrote:
>> I'm not sure if this question is appropriate for the level of
>> technicality going on in this list. Anyhow, I'd like to develop a 
>> jabber
>> type client for my customers using C++ WITHOUT having to use any of
>> those pre-built APIs. Is it extremely hard to start from scratch or
>> should I just take the easy way out and use someone else's library? 
>> If I
>> were to take the scratch route then how would I even start it? Please
>> give me some pointers! Thanks in advance!
>>
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> I wonder why you want to develop a Jabber client without using any
> existing library or client. If you really want to start from scratch,
> Jabber is one the easiest IM protocol available for implementation.
>
> I think you could start first from choosing an XML parser, as Jabber is
> based on XML. Then you could start to learn the protocol by trying some
> existing Jabber clients. Most of them could reveal the actual 
> underlying
> XML data that are sent. Then you could look at the Jabber protocol
> itself, http://www.jabber.org/protocol/, especially the two IETF
> internet drafts, http://www.jabber.org/ietf/.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tony Cheung
>
>
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