Hi Robert,

I you visit
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-openxchange/ox-devel/open-xchange/
you can see the progress of the packaging. 
Currently the package builds but there are issues to be solved:

1. Find an OpenLDAP config that is secure enough and works.
   I think, that the current authentication mechanism has to be
replaced
   by per user authentication to the LDAP server like in that tutorial:
   http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/ldap/security/ldap.html

2. Get some feedback about the database migration script.
   http://www.open-xchange.org/oxwiki/StableUpgrade

3. Licensing problem.
   The previous versions of Open-Xchange were under GPL license. IMO it

   was perfect for both users and developers. The Open-Xchange was a 
   protected trademark of Netline.

   The current stable version (0.8.2) of Open-Xchange is under GPL and 
   Creative Commons (CC) license. Generally the code is under GPL and 
   the web interface is under CC. Some problems of are mentioned on
that
   page: http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html
   In short, the CC licenses do not meet with Debian Free 
   Software Guidelines (DFSG), they are not DFSG free. 

   The previous OX versions weren't DFSG free either, since they depend

   on Sun's closed source JavaMail API implementation, but there is a  
 
   project to make Open-Xchange work on free Java tools by improving
the 
   available tools and patching Open-Xchange:
   http://www.open-xchange.org/oxwiki/FreeJDKs
   After that project succeeds, Open-Xchange will become a 
   true, DFSG compliant Open Source Software.
   
   By releasing the 0.8.2 version under CC+GPL Netline made that goal
   impossible without forking the source at the last GPL version, RC3.
   Generally the web interface is CC licensed, the business logic and  
   webdav interface is under GPL.
   Someone, who would like to keep OX a GPL software could fork the 
   source tree at RC3, get the GPL part of 0.8.2, then fix the web 
   interface to work with the new business logic. It's not hard, since 
   there is no big difference between RC3 and 0.8.2.
   
   Remember XFree86? XFree86 developers changed the license to a more 
   restricive one. The project forked, and now, we have the new, shiny 
   X.org.

   I think Netline should keep GPL as the license of Open-Xchange 
   Community Edition and rerelease 0.8.2 under GPL.

   Please send replies to general at open-xchange.org to keep the thread
on 
   one list.

Cheers,
Balint
   

--- Robert Penz <Robert.Penz at hitt.at> wrote:

> Hi Balint!
> 
> whats your timeframe and way to use 0.8.2 for your stable packages?
> 
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