[sword-devel] A replacement for ftpparse

[Aaron Rainbolt]

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
>