TALER MERCHANT 1. DESCRIPTION Under the name 'Taler merchant' there are two main objectives: one is to implement a common helper (called 'backend') for all the existing merchants willing to integrate Taler in their existing online shops, whereas the other objective is implementing some demonstrator shops which use that backend. 2. INNOVATIVE ASPECTS This component allows merchants to receive payments without invading the customers' privacy. Of course, this applies mostly for digital goods, as the merchant does not need to know the customer's physical address. 3. PLANNING/PERSPECTIVES Since the main component's part is the backend, and it is supposed to work with preexisting shops, a massive backend's testing with existing shop portals should be accomplished. 4. DEPENDENCIES libjansson: MIT License, AGPL- and LGPL-Compatible, owned by Petri Lehtinen and other individuals libgcrypt: LGPL, owned by Free Software Foundation postgresql: PostgreSQL License, AGPL- and LGPL-Compatible, owned by The PostgreSQL Global Development Group libgnunetutil (in all of its variants): GPLv3+, owned by GNUnet e.V. libqrencode: LGPL v2.1+, Copyright Kentaro Fukuchi 5. DIRECTORY STRUCTURE - 'src/' contains the "backend", a C piece of software which implements crypto routines and communication with the 'exchange' 'doc/' contains documentation files, like TeXinfo