> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Sommerseth [mailto:openvpn.l...@topphemmelig.net] >> Sent: donderdag 10 mei 2012 11:49 >> To: Alon Bar-Lev >> Cc: Adriaan de Jong; openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Openvpn for Android 4.0 Changeset >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 10/05/12 09:28, Adriaan de Jong wrote: >>> I still prefer using the management interface. It keeps the interface >>> to the Java stuff very clean (socket-based). Further you potentially >>> allow other systems, such as Apple or Windows Phone to do the same. >> It >>> avoids messy JNI stuff, and fits into the spirit of the management >>> interface. It's the simplest solution. >> I agree. The plug-in approach seems a bit overkill to me. The >> approach using the management API makes it far simpler. >> >> Bear in mind that Windows Phone 7 support will probably be asked for at >> some point - we have no idea how that will really work out now. We >> have users wanting support for iPhone/iPad. The plug-in approach means >> to write both a suitable plug-in for the platform and the front-end >> app. Using just the management API, you just need to write the GUI >> which does all the needed gluing on the native platforms in that app, >> just how it wants it. >> >> > In fact, it's theoretically even a way to remove the need for root rights for > the OpenVPN executable, and moving them towards a different, simpler app. > > Speaking of Windows Phone 7 and iPhone/iPad.... afaik[1] their respective application stores prohibit apps with reciprocal licenses (e.g. GPLv2). Is there any way to work around this arbitrary limitations without a complete rewrite? Having to root one's iPhone/iPad/Windows Phone to use OpenVPN sounds silly.
-- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock [1] <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/02/windows-phone-marketplace-bans-the-gpl-and-the-app-store-should-too>
