This is no longer necessary - the original ftpparse is now public-domain
where possible, and truly open-source elsewhere. See
https://cr.yp.to/distributors.html "What are the distribution terms for
ftpparse?"
On 9/29/23 04:00, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
For those who have read the earlier discussion about the license
audit, I wanted to do something to help with the presence of the
non-free ftpparse code in SWORD. This is my initial attempt:
https://github.com/ArrayBolt3/FreeFTPParser
While this parser only can handle UNIX LIST output, I believe this
should be sufficient at least to begin with since I haven't been able
to even find documentation on the other formats, or even publicly
available servers that use those other formats (though admittedly my
search wasn't too deep). I'm pretty sure ftp.crosswire.org uses the
UNIX format (it sure looks like it if I browse around using BSD ftp,
which shipped with my Kubuntu installation). FreeFTPParser is
API-compatible with the original ftpparse - the idea is that the new
ftpparse.h and ftpparse.c can be dropped in place of the old ones and
everything should just work.
This library needs A LOT of testing before it can be deployed in
actual use, but it seems to not instantly fall over and segfault if
you feed it corrupted data. Consider it alpha-quality. I'll be doing
more testing in the coming days Lord willing (I might even try to
build it into SWORD and see what happens :D).
Anyway, hopefully this should provide a way to get ftpparse out of
SWORD. I licensed it as 0BSD since that allows pretty much anyone to
do anything with it (so it should be usable anywhere ftpparse is
currently in use), but if the SWORD devs would prefer, I'd be happy to
make it GPLv2 instead.
Hope this is useful! Have a blessed day!
Aaron
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