Thanks for the link Jason
So -- it's better to call xmpp a free specification?
Because different people will infer different meanings from standard?
JXSELF
Are you doing personal on-line dating? Sorry, but your link, GOT ME READING
the authors blog.
My research concluded: YES It is OPEN SOURCE!
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a communications
protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML (Extensible Markup
Regarding the license, this is the link you should be paying attention to
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#josl
If you want to run an XMPP server, there's always Openfire which is free
software under the Apache 2.0 license. Runs fine under OpenJDK:
http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp
Or does xmpp qualify for both titles?
I ask for this page:
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/chatting
The word standard is overused and abused but it probably does meet the
criteria outlines in
https://singpolyma.net/2009/01/beasts-of-the-standards-world/
