[sctp-dev] Windows port?

[Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland]

On 03/11/09 02:46, cowwoc wrote:
> 
>     Sorry, I can't. I'm holding down a full-time job plus two 
> contracting gigs on the side. I'd love to be able to help but I simply 
> don't have the capacity to do so right now :(
> 
>     It might be easier for someone to write the authors an email in an 
> official capacity asking for permission to use their code under Java7 

I don't think this is even necessary, the implementation simply 
dynamically links a few of the sctp specific functions that are exported 
by the SCTPlib library file in this package. If they are using LGPL then 
we don't have any issue with licenses here.

If I get some free time I might try porting the Java SCTP to this 
Windows implementation, but no promises!

-Chris.

> (the current license is LGPL) and in the same breath ask them your 
> question about the Sockets API Extensions for SCTP and whether they'd be 
> willing to work to fit this underneath your Java API.
> 
>     Here are the contents of their AUTHORS file:
> 
> --------------------------
> The main authors:
> 
> Andreas Jungmaier   <ajung at exp-math.uni-essen.de>
> Herbert Hölzlwimmer <herbert.hoelzlwimmer at icn.siemens.de>
> Michael Tüxen       <tuexen at fh-muenster.de>
> Thomas Dreibholz    <dreibh at exp-math.uni-essen.de>
> 
> 
> Many thanks to all other contributors, such as:
> 
> Gerd Bohnenstengel  added new socket functions (RFC2292BIS)
>                     for Solaris8 and FreeBSD 4.2 KAME, 4.7.2001
> Marc Boucher        <marc at mbsi.ca>
> Armando Caro        <acaro at cis.udel.edull>
> Janardhan Iyengar   <iyengar at mail.eecis.udel.edu>
> Stefan Jansen       <jansen at szs.uni-karlsruhe.de>
> Andreas Lang        <anla at gmx.net>
> Alfred Lupper       added defines for solaris, 27.6.2001
> Stephan Schulte     <schulte at exp-math.uni-essen.de>
> Achim Weber         <achim.weber at icn.siemens.de>
> 
> 
> 
> and many others...........
> 
> (if you belong here, just drop a note to ajung at exp-math.uni-essen.de)
> --------------------------
> 
> Gili
> 
> Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland wrote:
>> Ah yes, I remember coming across this implementation, although I 
>> haven't tried it.
>>
>> It shouldn't be very difficult to port the native SCTP code to use 
>> this implementation, provided that it supports the Sockets API 
>> Extensions for SCTP [1]. Are you interested in having a go at this?
>>
>> -Chris.
>>
>> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-19
>>
>>
>>
>> cowwoc wrote:
>>>
>>>      What about the free Windows implementation found here? 
>>> http://www.sctp.be/sctplib/index.htm
>>>
>>>     I remember seeing other Windows implementations too. Can't you 
>>> simply wrap these libraries?
>>>
>>> Gili
>>>
>>> Alan Bateman wrote:
>>>> cowwoc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>    This is an obvious question, but do you plan on releasing a 
>>>>> Windows port as part of Java7? If you release binaries earlier I'd 
>>>>> love to test them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gili
>>>> Sorry, there are no plans at this time. Maybe in the future if 
>>>> Microsoft ship a SCTP stack or the protocol gets traction on that 
>>>> operating system. Platform coverage was also discussed in one of the 
>>>> early mails [1].
>>>>
>>>> -Alan.
>>>>
>>>> [1] 
>>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/sctp-dev/2008-November/000003.html 
>>>>