From ecae65f7337dbf8c0e2dbc6388d6e35804e1c3ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:45:31 +0100 Subject: Some doc fixes, removing a % that was never supposed to be at the end of the default MOTD. --- doc/README | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/README') diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 0ccd1d3d..d5d4d1c9 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ DEPENDENCIES BitlBee's only real dependency is GLib. This is available on virtually every platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work. -These days, MSN Messenger clients have to connect to the MS Passport servers -through HTTPS. BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this: GnuTLS, NSS -(which comes with Mozilla) and OpenSSL. OpenSSL is not GPL-compatible in some -situations, so using GnuTLS or NSS is preferred. However, especially on *BSD, -OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system, which eliminates the -GPL incompatibility. +These days, many IM protocols use SSL/TLS connections (for authentication +or for the whole session). BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this: +GnuTLS, NSS (which comes with Mozilla) and OpenSSL. OpenSSL is not GPL- +compatible in some situations, so using GnuTLS is preferred. However, +especially on *BSD, OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system, +which eliminates the GPL incompatibility. The incompatibility is also the reason why the SSL library detection code doesn't attempt to use OpenSSL. If you want to use OpenSSL, you have to -- cgit v1.2.3