[Kolab-devel] annotations patch in c-client what is the status?

[Richard Bos]

Hi Alar,

Op donderdag 04 juni 2009 07:24:21 schreef Alar Sing:
> > But from where can it be downloaded?  I do not find a download link on
> > http://www.panda.com/imap/ what is the new home of the uw c-client
> > library.
>
> I looked at that web there was:
> Panda Programming has forked the IMAP toolkit from the final University
> of Washington version (imap-2007b) for internal use.
>
> Maybe they do not release their  imap libary.

Good point, that's also a reason why I asked about the status of this library.  
As the c-client is an important piece of software it must be available 
publicly.  The kolab project can not deal with c-client that is kept in house.
Therefor the following statement on the the same website is interesting: "We 
are still working on a funding model for Panda IMAP that will permit an public 
open source distribution. Future development will depend upon internal needs 
and cost recovery."

Which brings me to the following thought (thinking out load): does panda.com 
accept external funds or resources [1]?  If so, is the kolab project (actually 
the companies behind the project) willing to provide funding for the c-client 
library?

[1] Would it be sufficient to provide resources (and no financials?) e.g. the 
developers to develop and maintain the code, the code management system, the 
bug tracker, the source tarbals, the emaillists and everything else that is 
needed to run a successful project on kolab.org?  This is just thinking out 
load, I really don't know what funding panda.com is looking for!  But the 
current situation does not look good in my eyes.

-- 
Richard