Re: SyncML

On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:44:36PM +0100, Nils Faerber wrote:
> > > I had a dig. Its under a BSD license because you have to license
> > > patents to implement syncml and do so under as yet undecided terms.
> > That is unfortunate. The "SyncML Intellectual Property/Patent Issues"
>
> It is, indeed.
> What are "open" standards good for if they cannot be used real _open_
> (i.e. freely)?

well, syncml is only a few months old and the first software using it
is just appearing. I wouldn't necessarily say it's an established
standard, yet.

> > for Linux then so be it, I'll try.
> > Anybody have an idea how we can solve the synchronization problem?
>
> Some use rsync, like the Agenda VR3.
> But this has new side effects.

if we agree to use an SQL backend, then db dumps in SQL format seem to
be the most portable way to go and are fully rsync compatabile. as an
alternative, we could sync the transaction logs or go with timestamps
(select * from addresses where last_update > X).

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