[Savannah-hackers] [Savannah] kit want to be a GNU package

[savannah-hackers]

Hi,

The following project was submitted to Savannah. It needs evaluation to
become a GNU package, can you give it a look, please ? 

Submitter: <address@hidden>
Project Full Name:  Keep in Touch
Project Unix Name:  kit
License:  gpl
Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=138
Description: Keep in touch is an attempt to create a secure instant messenger - 
it supports its own XML based protocol aswell as ICQ and AIM (Adding new 
protocols i.e. jabber is mostly a question of implementing the protocol itself 
- the client has a good framework for multiple protocols). The goal of the 
project is to allow uses to communicate sensitive issues securely without 
having to worry about their data being intercepted by an attacker. 

The reason for doing yet another project (actually, it predates most - but 
it&#039;s been laying dormant for quite some time) is that bolted on security 
as an afterthought rarely creates a secure enough system. It&#039;s written 
entirely using C++ and only depends on code that is GPLed or freeer. The 
architecture is fairly extensible and it&#039;s reasonably easy to add new 
modules. It could possibly be used as a foundation for the GNU GLUE project, if 
it seems reasonable to do so to the people involved in that project.

Current status is that basic messaging aswell as presence detection for all 3 
supported protocols is working, but more advanced features (aswell as 
implementation of security features) needs to be worked on.


 -- the Savannah admin