> On 30 Mar 2017, at 17:30, Florian Schmaus <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30.03.2017 18:24, Kevin Smith wrote: >> OMEMO’s initial publication was delayed for some time, in large part because >> of the need to move away from a situation where it can only be practically >> implemented by using a single library. It’s a shame if we’ve still not >> resolved that adequately. > > I remember OMEMO's initial publication being delayed because there was > no open standard for the underlying crypto.
That was certainly an issue, yes. > The Axolotl/Signal protocol > at that time was merely an outdated Wiki page on Github. That's why the > current version of the OMEMO XEP uses OLM. > > The fact how the main implementation is licensed didn't matter in the > debate back then. At least from what I remember. I’m not sure that’s true - I may well have forgotten, but this was so far back that it happened when I was still on Council, and I’m fairly sure I was uncomfortable with the GPL aspect. > And I think it > shouldn't matter right now. To some extent this is true - as I said in my earlier mail - needing to use libsignal would be a problem whatever the license was. That it’s GPL just makes it worse. /K _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
