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Jules Colding <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: Brutus - Collaboration Framework
System name: brutus
Type: non-GNU

Description:
Brutus is a development framework that makes it possible for Free Software to 
access a Microsoft Exchange server. 

I know that I hereby by necessity are depending on a very non-free program for 
the first version of Brutus, but I feel that it is important for free software 
to be able to access Exchange on an equal footing with MS Outlook. A free 
replacement for Outlook is thereby possible and will enable organizations to 
deploy desktops which are solely build upon free software. 

Another important point is that a native Brutus server, replacing Exchange, is 
a logical and inevitable consequence of widespread client acceptance of the 
Brutus API (thereby the historical reference for the name "Brutus"). 

Brutus is a complete wrapping of all of MAPI into a (large) set of CORBA 
interfaces. Source is available at 
<http://www.omesc.com/content/downloads/index.php> and there is more technical 
information on the site.


Other Software Required:
TAO and ACE for the server. No dependencies for the client except for some 
CORBA implementation e.g. ORBit2.

Other Comments:



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