Re: [pdf-devel] New developer and UUID module request

[Albert Meroño Peñuela]

Hi,

Regarding this, I have the linkage with Tso's libuuid almost done in
base/pdf-types-uuid.[ch].

However, Tso's libuuid does not provide generation of name-based
UUIDs, as required in doc/gnupdf.texi; it provides time-based and
random-based generation only. So, my question is: is the name-based
generation a must? If it is, I could implement it in libuuid and then
come back to libgnupdf to complete the linkage. If it is not, this
task is almost done :)

By the way, I'm feeling curious about the UUID module: where is it
going to be used?

Albert

2011/1/22 Jose E. Marchesi <address@hidden>:
>
> Hi Albert.
>
>    As for the standard compliance, he pointed that the uuid library is
>    written to follow the OSF/DCE specification, which was used as source
>    material for RFC 4122 and X.667. AFAHK, 4122 and X.667 are aligned. I
>    hadn't got enough time to check if the alignment is partial or total
>    between both specifications. I think it should be performed before
>    deciding if libuuid's code is going to be the official uuid module
>    implementation or not.
>
> Tso's uuid library provides both UUID generation and parsing routines.
> More than enough for our needs.
>
>    Regarding the license, libuuid was originally released under LGPLv2,
>    but currently it is under a BSD license to allow Apple to use the
>    library in MacOS X. So the library is compatible with GPLv3. Ted would
>    appreciate changes or improvements made to libuuid to be donated back
>    using the currently BSD license (is that possible after adopting it in
>    a GPLv3 project?) instead of forking it in the GPLv3-only universe.
>    The BSD license legally allows us to do that, but he doesn't consider
>    it "a neighborly thing to do".
>
> I don't think that will be a problem.  The simplest way to go is to
> write a thin layer in pdf-uuid.[ch] and link with libuuid.  In case we
> need to extend the library (quite unlikely) we can contribute the
> changes under the BSD license.
>
> --
> Jose E. Marchesi   address@hidden
> GNU Project         http://www.gnu.org
>