virtual test card utility?

Out of curiosity I've been trying to browse that web site
for months 
with no luck. Today for the first time I don't get a DNS
error. It says 
in spanish language that the package is released under LGPL
but I'm 
unable to download the sources.

Not that I have one of those cards (nor a card reader yet
)
with me 
but since you mentioned the licence issues I thought I could
take a 
look.

Cheers,
JC!


> Am Montag, 5. Juni 2006 16:48 schrieb Juan Carlos
Borrás:
> > I also read somewhere on the OpenSC wiki about a
"OpenCeres" initiative
> > that sounded to me like a card driver for the
Spanish eID card. Google
> > doesn't return a meaninful thing though.
> 
> see
> 
http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/SpanishEid
> http://opensc
-ceres.software-libre.org/
> 
> as far as I rememver: ceres has patched opensc for
support of their format,
> and hispalinux has the source and binaries. but their
extension is not under
> LGPL license thus we can't include it in opensc.
> 
> no idea if anyone maintains that code and keeps it up
to date with opensc.
> if anyone has a contact in that direction, it would be
real helpful to 
get the
> source under LGPL so we can include it and prevent it
from sitting somewhere
> and rotting.
> 
> cc: to juan antonia martinez who knows the situation
best I think.
> 
> Regards, Andreas

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El lun, 05-06-2006 a las 22:51 +0300, Juan Carlos Borrás
escribió:
> Out of curiosity I've been trying to browse that web
site for months 
> with no luck. Today for the first time I don't get a
DNS error. It says 
> in spanish language that the package is released under
LGPL but I'm 
> unable to download the sources.

Get it from
http://w
ww.dit.upm.es/~jantonio/opensc-ceres

0.8.1-8 has no read permission; don't try to download
0.8.1-6 requires pcsc-lite-1.2.0
0.8.1-7 requires pcsc-lite-1.2.9 or greater

ceres-libs contains propietary drivers provided in binary
form
I apologize the fact that you can get problems on dll'ng on
newer Linux versions. I cannot provide source code for these
libraries ( yes, it's stupid, but I have no chance )

AFAIK Ceres support have been moved to C3PO S.L.
(www.c3po.es)
a spanish smartcard reader manufacturer. Contact them to get
newer versions

Juan Antonio

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On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:07:25 +0200
Jonsito <jonsitoteleline.es> wrote:

> ceres-libs contains propietary drivers provided in
binary form
> I apologize the fact that you can get problems on
dll'ng on
> newer Linux versions. I cannot provide source code for
these
> libraries ( yes, it's stupid, but I have no chance )

I've always wondered whether this violates the LGPL license
of OpenSC
or not.  In the case of Italy, I've interpreted the license
such that
it is not possible to add closed card support.  And BTW I
have just
these days gotten the (so far verbal) ok of our Ministry to
add support
for our cards.  Some followup is probably necessary before
doing
it--but the big job seems done..

cheers
-b

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El dt 06 de 06 del 2006 a les 09:07 +0200, en/na Jonsito va
escriure:
[...]
> 
> AFAIK Ceres support have been moved to C3PO S.L.
(www.c3po.es)
> a spanish smartcard reader manufacturer. Contact them
to get
> newer versions
> 

Our Ceres support is based only on helping to install and
configure our
smart card readers on any operating system. However, we also
give
assistence when the user uses a Ceres smart Card and gets
some trouble
on that.

But, anyway, we does not give the official Ceres support.

Best regards,
-- 
Albert Solana Berengué
asbc3po.es
C3PO, S.L.
http://www.c3po.es
C/Bertran, 113 - 08023 Barcelona
Tel. 93 417 99 55 - Fax. 93 253 12 80

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Am Dienstag, 6. Juni 2006 09:43 schrieb Bud P. Bruegger:
> I've always wondered whether this violates the LGPL
license of OpenSC
> or not.  In the case of Italy, I've interpreted the
license such that
> it is not possible to add closed card support. 

I think it is possible in some situations. basically the new
work must have
enough basis to be copyrightable and independend from
opensc.

taking a skeleton driver and modifying some apdu and
constants and a generic
foo/bar replacement would be neither copyrightable nor
independend.

also we have (or had?) that generic load external driver
interface so opensc 
was initially designed to allow binary only drivers. these
days I think the 
belpic way is better - copy opensc, rename opensc to foobar
and add your
driver. open source everything except card-newdriver.c, but
include the
*.o file (and specify which linux/compiler/... you used).

of course we prefer open source / code under LGPL.  
 
> And BTW I have just these days gotten the (so far
verbal) ok of our
> Ministry to add support for our cards.  Some followup
is probably
> necessary before doing it--but the big job seems done..

wow, congratulations! these are good news!

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Am Dienstag, 6. Juni 2006 12:00 schrieb Albert Solana:
> But, anyway, we does not give the official Ceres
support.

are the apdu commands of the card and the structures of
the eid card documented or could we get that information?
and maybe a test card?

if so we should be able to create an open source driver for
opensc.
linux users would be happy because it simply works, and
given
enough information we can handle the support from our users,
and would only rarely need to ask you for some developer
level
information if something is changed or a new problem is
found.

Regards, Andreas
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