Q: What is Pantomime used for?

A: Pantomime is a software library used for handling Mail and MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) protocols within the GNUstep development environment. It allows developers to integrate email creation, parsing, and sending capabilities into their applications.

Q: Is Pantomime free to use?

A: Yes, Pantomime is free software distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later. This allows users and developers to freely run, study, modify, and distribute the software.

Q: Who maintains Pantomime?

A: Pantomime is maintained by Riccardo Mottola, who has also been the copyright holder since 2011. The project is hosted on Savannah (nongnu.org).

Pantomime

Mail/MIME handling library for GNUstep

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Instance of: free software, software library^[2]
Official website: www.nongnu.org, savannah.nongnu.org^[11]^[12]
License: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
Website: www.nongnu.org, savannah.nongnu.org
Has use: software framework^[9]
Copyright holder: Riccardo Mottola (2011–present)^[14]
Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later^[4]
Copyright status: copyrighted^[15]
Maintained by: Riccardo Mottola^[3]
Operating system: GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS^[5]^[6]^[7]
Platform: GNUstep^[10]
Software version identifier: 1.4.0^[8]
Use: software framework
Used by: GNUMail^[13]
Version: 1.4.0

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Debian source package: pantomime (2002–present)
Debian stable package: libpantomime-dev, libpantomime1.3
Free Software Directory entry: Pantomime
FreeBSD port: mail/pantomime
Gentoo package: gnustep-libs/pantomime
Issue tracker URL: savannah.nongnu.org
Launchpad.net project ID: ubuntu/+source/pantomime
Mailing list archive URL: lists.nongnu.org
NetBSD package ID: mail/Pantomime
OpenBSD port: x11/gnustep/pantomime
Source code repository URL: svn.savannah.gnu.org
Ubuntu package: libpantomime-dev, libpantomime1.3

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Pantomime is a free software^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Pantomime — instance of (P31): software library. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Pantomime — maintained by (P126): Riccardo Mottola. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Pantomime — copyright license (P275): GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Pantomime — operating system (P306): GNU/Linux. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Pantomime — operating system (P306): BSD. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Pantomime — operating system (P306): macOS. nongnu.org. Retrieved 2023-05-23. nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Pantomime — software version identifier (P348): 1.4.0. lists.gnu.org. Retrieved 2023-05-23. lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Pantomime — has use (P366): software framework. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Pantomime — platform (P400): GNUstep. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Pantomime — official website (P856): https://www.nongnu.org/gnustep-nonfsf/gnumail/. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Pantomime — official website (P856): https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gnustep-nonfsf/. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Pantomime — used by (P1535): GNUMail. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Pantomime — copyright holder (P3931): Riccardo Mottola. metadata.ftp-master.debian.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24. metadata.ftp-master.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Pantomime — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted. wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Pantomime is an instance of free software (Q341) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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